WILLIAM   CHALMERS  COVERT. 


T  HE 

First  Presbyterian  Church 

1833  -  1913 

A  HISTORY  OF  THE  OLDEST 
ORGANIZATION  IN 

CHICAGO 

With  Biographical  Sketches  of  the  Ministers  and 
Extracts  from  the  Choir  Records 

BY 

PHILO  ADAMS  OTIS 

Member  of  the  Committee  on  Music  Since  1874 


With  Illustrations 


FIRST  EDITION 

Clayton  F.  Summy  Co. 

Chicago,  1900 

SECOND  AND  REVISED  EDITION 

Fleming  H.  Revell  Co. 

Chicago,  1913 


Copyright.  1913 
By  PHn.o  A.  Otis 


PRESS  OF 

Wm.  H.  Pool  Ptg.  &  Bdg.  Co. 

CHICAGO 


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1913 
ILLUSTRATIONS  AND  PORTRAITS 


PAGE. 

f;  First    Presbyterian    Church — "Brick    Church,"  corner    of 

Washington  and  Clark  Streets  (1849) 32 

First  Presbyterian  Church — Wabash  Avenue  and  Congress 

Street  (1866) .  244 

First  Presbyterian  Church— Indiana  Avenue  and  Twenty- 
First  Street 62,  76,  82,  178,  282 

Interior gQ 

Primary  Department 302 

First   Presbyterian  Church — Grand  Boulevard  and  Forty- 
First  Street 278 

Fort  Dearborn  (1803-1812) 18 

Fort  Dearborn  (1816) 20 

Fort  Dearborn  Memorial  Tablet,   Michigan   Avenue    and 

Rush  Street 16 

Railroad  Mission,  309  West  Thirty-Seventh  Street     .      .      .  306 
Second     Presbyterian     Church,     Michigan     Avenue     and 

Twentieth  Street 94,  HQ 

The  Old  Meeting  House,  Berlin  Heights,  Erie  County,  Ohio  208 

Third  Presbyterian  Church,  West  Washington  Street  (1870)  36 

Wabash  Avenue  M.  E.  Church,  Corner  of  Harrison  Street  (1866)  40 

Rev.  Edward  Anderson 48,  98 

George  F.  Bacon 58 

Addison  Ballard 140 

Hans  Balatka 220 

Rev.  John  Blatchford,  D.  D 26,  232 

Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  D.  D 236 

Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D 72,  258 

Horace  G.  Bird 102 

Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken 204 

William  Beard 172 

Dudley  Buck 216 

Rev.  W.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D 260 

V                    Edward  C.  Cleaver 226 

^  Rev.  William  C.  Covert,  D.  D Frontispiece 

";^                    Rev.  Harvey  Curtis,  D.  D 240 

v^                   George  W.  Darrow 296 

Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 134 

,                    Adolph  W.  Dohn 224 

4                   Augustus  G.  Downs 210 

■>                    Clarence  Eddy 68,  96 

•«^                   Col.  James  M.  Emery 306 

Oscar  G.  Erickson 190 

Samuel  M.  Fassett 226 

Mrs.  Samuel  M.  Fassett 212 

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PAGE. 

Marshall  Field ^_.^ 

Rev.  Johh  N.  Freeman,  D.  D -' " 

Marion  Green .^ 

Glenn  Hall ' 

Dr.  Robert  C.  Hamill 

Charles  A.  Havens 

John  M.  Hubbard 

Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D -'*-  -"*" 

Mrs.  Z.  M.  Humphrey ^  \f 

Charles  D.  Irwin ^^'      '    "^ 

Mrs.  Daniel  A.  Jones ^;^* 

Jules  G.  Lumbard -" 

Mrs.  "Cassie"  Matteson        *■-- 

John  B.  Miller ]^^ 

Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D '-■*8,  250 

Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D 132.  264 

Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton •^^"* 

Francis  S.  Moore l"^^-  ^^^ 

Claudius  B.  Nelson '^ 

Frederick  R.  Otis ^^^ 

James  Otis "*- 

Joseph  E.  Otis '-'- 

Dr.  Daniel  K.  Pearsons 1'*"* 

George  W.  Perkins ■^'** 

Rev.  Edward  A.  Pierce ^^^ 

Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  D.  D 2:28 

Edouard  Remenyi -^0 

Alfred  D.  Shaw  120 

Henry  M.  Sherwood 124 

Miss  Sarah  Tillinghast 218 

Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble 152 

The  Choir  (1896) 100 

The  Choir  (1899-1900) 110 

The  Choir  (Easter,  1912)         192 

The  Choir  (Christmas,  1912)         202 

Robert  M.  Wells 162 

Alfred  Williams 128 

Philo  a.  Wilbor 84 

Caryl  Young 154 

I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Lucius  J.  Otis  and  Mr.  Frank  T.  Lamb  for 
views  of  the  edifice  at  Twenty-First  Street  and  of  the  present  home 
of  Railroad  Mission  on  Thirty-Seventh  Street.  Through  the  kindness 
of  Mr.  Henry  W.  Dudley  I  have  obtained  portraits  of  many  of  the 
old  members  of  the  Church. 

(vi) 


CONTENTS 


PAGE. 

Illustrations  and  Portraits v,  vi 

Contents vii-ix 

Prelude,  First  Edition  (1900) 13 

Prelude,  Second  Edition  (1913) 15 

Historical: 

Fort  Dearborn         17-19 

Arrival  of  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  D.  D 20 

Four  Rehgious  Denominations  in  Chicago 21-23 

Organization  of  First  Church  and  First  Members  .      .      .21,  22 

First  Meeting  House 23,  24 

Dedication          25 

Incorporation  of  Society  and  First  Board  of  Trustees     .  26 
Purchase  of  Corner  of  Clark  and  Washington  Streets;  the 

"Wooden  Church" 29 

Dedication  of  the  "Brick  Church" 30,  241 

Special  Act  of  Legislature 31 

Sale  of  "Brick  Church" 31,  32 

Purchase  of  Wabash  Avenue  Lot 36 

Dedication  of  New  Edifice 37 

Consolidation  (1871)  with  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church.  55,  56,  60 
Committee  on  Recommendation  and  Investigation      .       285,  287 

Last  Services  in  Twenty-First  Street  Edifice     ....  202 
Consolidation  with  Forty-First  Street  Church         .      .        196,  200 

Officers  (1913)          288 

Building  and  Improvement  Committee 289 

Calvary  Presbyterian  Church: 

Organization  and  Early  Members 43-46 

The  Rev.  F.  W.  Graves 46,  47 

The  Rev.  Edward  Anderson          47,  49 

Purchase    of    Corner    of    Indiana    Avenue    and    Twenty- 
Second  Street 49 

The  Rev.  J.  H.  Trowbridge           49,  50 

The  Rev.  Edward  A.  Pierce          50,  51 

The  Rev.  W.  C.  Dickinson 51 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Lord,  D.  D 51,  52 

New  Edifice  at  Indiana  Avenue  and  Twenty-First  Street  52,  53 

The  Great  Fire  (1871) 54 

Union  of  First  and  Calvary  Presbyterian  Churches      .      .  55,  56 

Calvary  Church  Choir;  Members 57-59 

The  United  Churches: 

New  Organ  and  Dedication  Concert 61-63 

Trial  of  the  Rev.  David  Swing 63-65 

Pulpit  and  Choir 67-206 

The  Choir  Journals: 

1876,  1877,  1878 67,  68 

1879,  January  12,  Mr.  Eddy's  (O.)  First  Service    ...  68,  69 

1880,  August  8,  Resignation  of  Dr.  Mitchell      .      .      .      .  69,  70 
188L  December  6,  Installation  of  Dr.  Barrows       .      .      .  70-73 

(vii) 


PAGE. 


1882,  November  5,  Dr.  McPherson  begins  Ministry  (Second 

Church) ••.••.•      •  73,  74 

1883    February   18,   Sunday   Evening  Services   begin  at 

Central  Music  Hall yt'  7fi 

Fiftieth  Anniversary C^'  co 

1884,  1885,  1886 77-82 

1887,  1888,  1889,  1890 ■      ■■      ^^^  ■  »^-«« 

1891,  May   17,   New   Building  (Railroad  Chapel)  at  3826 
South  Dearborn  Street,  Dedicated 88 

1892,  June   19,   Second   Presbyterian  Church    celebrates 
Fiftieth  Anniversary ,,  "       "       '  n? 

1893,  April  26,  Memorial  Service  for  Dr.  Mitchell                .  91 
1894',  May  27,  Resignation  of  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton 

(Railroad  Chapel) 9J 

1895,  May  19,  Resignation  of  Mr.  Eddy 9o 

November  24,  Resignation  of  Dr.  Barrows           .       .  99 

1896,  February  16,  Dr.  Barrows'  Last  Service         .      .       .  100 

1897,  October  20,  Installation  of  Dr.  Chichester     .      .      .  105 


1898 


107-110 


127 
133 
134 
135-136 
138 
149 
156 


1899    May    9,    Resignation    of    Dr.    McPherson    (Second 

Church) 113 

1900,  1901 •        11^~Ht 

1902,  June  3,  Death  of  Dr.  Barrows  at  Oberlin,  Ohio.       .  124 

1903!  March  23,  Death  of  Dr.  Chichester  at  Atlanta,  Ga 

1904,  April  3,  Easter,  First  Service  of  Dr.  Morison 

April  28,  Installation 

November  23,  Memorial  Service  (former  ministers) 

1905,  February  7,  Organization  Fort  Dearborn  Guild 

1906,  October  21,  UnveiUng  of  Blatchford  Tablet 

1907,  May  10,  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  Railroad  Chapel 
June  3,  Resignation  of  the  Rev.   W.  J.  McCaughan, 

(Third  Church) 156 

1908,  December  6-10,  Diamond  Jubilee  Exercises         .        164-167 

1909,  June  3,  Installation  of  Dr.  John  T.  Stone    (Fourth 
Church) 172 

December  12,  Banquet  of  Presbyterian  Social  Union 
in  First  Church.  Paper  by  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis, 
"Church  and  Choir  of  Yesterday."    ....  175 

1910,  June  22,  Resignation  of  Dr.  Morison         ....  179 

July  3,  Last  Service  of  Dr.  Morison 179 

October  16,  Dr.  Freeman,  Minister  in  Charge    .       .  181 

1911 183-191 

1912,  June  19,   Special   Meeting  of  Church   and   Society, 

(Union  with  Forty-First  Street  Church)     ....  196 

December    2,    Annual    Meeting    of    Church   and   So- 
ciety;  Report  of  Joint  Committee  on   Union  of 

Churches,  adopted 200 

December  29,  Final  Service   (Christmas)  in  Twenty- 
First  Street  Edifice 201-203 

Tribute  to  Principal  Members  of  Choir 205,  206 

Chapter  on  Choirs: 

The  Village  Choir , 207,208 

Early  Music  in  First  Church 209 

Choir  Leaders  and  Members 210 

Henry  W.  Greatorex  and  His  Music 212-214 

(viii) 


Letter  From  the  Rev.  Edward  Greatorex    . 

Article  by  N.  J.  Corey 

First  Organ  in  Chicago 

St.  James'  Episcopal  Church  and  Dudley  Buck 

Organs  in  Chicago 

Vacation  Days  in  Hartford;  its  musicians  . 
Early  Organists  and  Choir  Singers  . 
Members  of  the  First  Church  Choir  prior  to  1871 
Leaders  of  the  Choir  prior  to  1857,  First  Church 
Members  of  the  Choir  Prior  to  1857,  First  Church 


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214 
215 
216 

216-218 
217 

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224 

225,  226 

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LivEs  OF  THE  Ministers  of  the  First  Church: 
The  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  D.  D.,  Founder 
The  Rev.  John  Blatchford,  D.  D.,  First  Minister    . 
The  Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  D.  D.,  Second  Minister 
The  Rev.  Harvey  Curtis,  D.  D.,  Third  Minister      . 
The  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D.,  Fourth  Minister 
The  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  Fifth  Minister    . 
The  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D.,  Sixth  Minister 
The  Rev.  W.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D.,  Seventh  Minister 
The  Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D.,  Eighth  Minister 
The  Rev.  John  N.  Freeman,  D.  D.,  Minister  in  Charge 

Officers  of  the  First  Church  (1900  and  1912) 

The  Forty-First  Street  Presbyterian  Church 

15,  181,  196,  200, 

History  and  Organization 275- 

Early  Members 

Choir 

Officers  (1912)  

Consolidation  with  First  Church 285, 

The  Consolidated  First  and  Forty-First  Street  Presby- 
terian Churches 282- 

Officers  (1913) 288- 

The  Rev.  William  C.  Covert,  D.  D.    Installation  as  Ninth 

Minister 

Life 291- 

The  Rev.  John  N.  Freeman,  D.    D.   Installation  as  Asso- 
ciate Minister 

Building  and  Improvement  Committee         ....        289, 

The    First    Church    Sunday-school,,     Organization     and 

History 22- 

Superintendents  and  Teachers 295- 

Primary  Department 302- 

The  Railroad   Mission,    Organization   and   History   . 

Edifices 

Superindendents  and  Officers  (1913) 

postlude       

Addenda        

General  Index 

Choir  Index 317- 


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-275 

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202 
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278 
280 

281 
287 

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-289 

289 
-293 

289 
293 

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303 
304 
304 
305 
306 
307 
311 
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Abbreviations  used  in  this  work:  Soprano  (S.),  Alto  (A.),  Tenor 
(T.),  Bass  (B.),  Organist  (O.). 

(ix) 


TO 

A.  S.  O. 


PRELUDE  TO  THE  FIRST  EDITION  (1900) 

In  presenting  a  history  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
I  shall  consider: 

1.  The  history  of  the  Church  from  its  foundation  in 
1833  to  the  consolidation  with  the  Calvary  Presbyterian 
Church  in  1871; 

2.  The  history  of  the  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church 
from  its  foundation  in  1859  to  the  consolidation  with  the 
First  Church  in  1871; 

3.  The  period  from  the  consolidation  of  the  two 
Churches  in  1871  to  the  present  date,  1900. 

In  preparing  this  volume,  I  have  consulted  the  records 
of  the  Session  of  the  First  Church  commencing  May  30, 
1833;  the  files  of  newspapers  in  the  Historical  Society  and 
Public  Library;  Captain  A.  T.  Andreas'  History  of  Chicago;  the 
Historical  Sketch  of  the  Rev.  Zephaniah  Moore  Humphrey,  D.  D, 
(1867)  and  the  Historical  Sermons  of  the  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell, 
D.  D.  (1878)  and  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Barrows,  D.  D.  (1883). 

In  January,  1875,  I  became  especially  interested  in  the 
musical  part  of  the  service,  and  at  that  time  started  a  semi- 
official Choir  Journal,  in  which  were  recorded  every  Sunday 
the  names  of  members  of  the  Choir  present,  titles  of 
Choir  and  organ  selections,  name  of  the  officiating  Minister, 
occasionally  noting  text  or  subject  of  sermon,  as  well  as  im- 
portant pulpit  announcements.  Funeral  services  of  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  and  Congregation,  in  which  the  Minister 
and  Choir  have  taken  part  are  also  noted  therein. 

This  book,  therefore,  is  largely  devoted  to  the  history 
of  music  in  this  Church  as  a  part  of  its  service;  and,  as  to 
my  knowledge,  there  exists  no  other  work  covering  this  sub- 
ject, I  have  attempted  to  present  a  number  of  facts  connect- 
ed with  Church  music  with  which  I  have  become  acquainted 
during  my  investigations,  and  which  seem  to  me  to  deserve 
an  authentic  record  in  connection  with  a  history  of  Church 
life  in  Chicago. 

All  the  former  Ministers  of  the  First  Church,  excepting 
the  Rev.  John  Henry  Barrows,  D.  D.,  have  passed  away. 
The  Rev.  William  John  Chichester,  D.  D.,  the  seventh  and 
present   Minister,   began  his   labors   October   3,    1897.     The 


14  PRELUDE  TO  THE  FIRST  EDITION 

Rev.  Edward  Anderson  is  the  only  surviving  Minister  of 
Calvary  Church,  the  Rev.  Daniel  Lord,  D.  D.,  having  been 
called  to  his  rest,  September  10,  1899. 

My  thanks  are  due  to  many  friends  who  have  assisted  in 
the  preparation  of  this  work,  and  especially  to  the  following: 

Mr.  Eliphalet  W.  Blatchford,  for  the  article  on  the  life  of 
his  father,  the  Rev.  John  Blatchford,  D.  D.,  the  first  Minister; 
Mr.  George  H.  Fergus,  author  of  "Fergus'  Historical  Series" 
and  "Early  Illinois";  Mr.  Henry  Eckford  Seelye,  member  of 
the  Session  (1856-72),  and  the  Rev.  William  Willis  Clark, 
for  data  pertaining  to  the  early  history  of  the  Church  and 
its  members;  and  to  Mrs.  William  Saltonstall  of  Plainfield, 
N.  J.,  Mrs.  Margarette  Clarkson  Hoard  of  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y., 
Mrs.  Oliver  Kepler  Johnson,  Mr.  Edward  C.  Cleaver,  and  Mr. 
Charles  O.  Bostwick  of  Chicago,  for  information  pertaining 
to  the  Choirs  of  earlier  days. 

I  am  under  great  obligations  to  Mr.  Edward  Duncan 
Jardine  of  New  York  City,  Mr.  George  S.  Hutchings  of 
Boston,  Mr.  George  N.  Andrews  of  Oakland,  Cal.,  Henry 
Pilcher's  Sons  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  Mr.  W.  A.  Johnson  of 
Westfield,  Mass.,  the  late  Mr.  Charles  Rollin  Larrabee  and 
Mr.  Charles  David  Irwin  of  Chicago,  for  their  aid  in  col- 
lecting data  regarding  the  organs  of  Chicago,  and  to  many 
other  kind  friends  for  valuable  suggestions. 

If,  after  the  manner  of  "Old  Mortality"  who  went  about 
carving  anew  the  head  lines  on  the  tombstones  of  the  Cov- 
enanters, I  have  been  able  to  place  in  clearer  light  any  facts 
regarding  those  who,  in  the  past,  have  given  so  much  time 
and  labor  to  the  work  of  building  up  this  Church,  then  my 
task  is  done.  We  owe  much  to  the  founder  and  the  Min- 
isters; as  much,  and  perhaps  more,  to  the  faithful  men  and 
women  by  whose  devotion,  exertion  and  sacrifice  the  Church 
has  been  maintained  to  this  day;  and  as  we  pass  from  pulpit 
to  Congregation,  it  is  but  fitting  to  include  the  influence  of 
the  Choir  loft.  P.  A.  O. 

Since  the  above  was  written  (1900)  Dr.  Barrows,  Dr.  Chichester, 
Mr.  Henry  Eckford  Seelye,  Mrs.  Margarette  Clarkson  Hoard,  Mr. 
Edward  C.  Cleaver,  Mr.  George  S.  Hutchings  and  Mr.  W.  A.  Johnson 
have  passed  away. 

Mr.  George  H.  Fergus  died  November  24,  1911,  in  Chicago. 


PRELUDE  TO  THE  SECOND  EDITION 

It  has  been  said,  "the  greatest  pleasure  in  life  is  resorting 
in  old  age  to  the  studies  of  youth."     I  can  truly  say  that  a 
lapse  of  forty  years  has  not  diminished  my  mterest  m  work- 
r; ith  the'hLric  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Ch.cago^ 
My  father  began  his  Church  work  in  1859.     I  ^egan  -ne  rn 
1868.     I  have  now  arrived  at  "the  partmg  of  the  ways 
and  it  is  with  sad  thoughts  that  I  stand  on  the  threshold  of 
the  old  Church  at  Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty-first  street 
whose  doors  I  helped  to  open  in  1872,  now  closed  forever 
With  this  edition,  the  history  of  the  Church  is  brought 
down  to  the  present  time,  December  31,  1912,  m  order  to 
fncTude  the  consolidation  of  the  First  with  the  Forty-first 

''''%^t:::Z^^or^^s  Fair  (1893)  placed  these 
words,  from  the  Gospel  of  St.  John,  over  the  peristyle  ^e 
Shall  Know  the  Truth  and  the  Truth  Shall  Make  you  Free. 
Though  a  difficult  task,  it  has  been  a  keen  delight  to  this 
editor  to  search  out  the  exact  truth,  as  to  events  and  dates, 
and  the  names  of  men  and  women  as  they  will  appear  in 
these  pages.  One  purpose  I  have  kept  steadily  in  view-to 
gather  all  the  data  possible  about  organists  and  Choir  singers 
of  early  days  in  Chicago,  that  these  faithful  men  and  women 
may  not  pass  out  of  mind,  "unwept  and  unsung. 

The  history  of  the  First  Church  is  told  m  the  biogra- 
phies of  the  people  who  made  it.  Among  the  names,  en- 
rolled as  members,  will  be  found  those  of  men  and  women 
who  have  stood  for  the  highest  and  best  in  the  rehgious, 
commercial,  and  social  life  of  Chicago. 

On  Wednesday  evening,  November  23,  1904,  a  service 
in  memory  of  the  former  Ministers  was  held  in  the  lecture 
room  of  this  Church.  The  addresses  delivered  on  the  occa- 
sion were  afterward  published  by  the  Session,  thus  enabhng 
me  to  rewrite  their  lives  and  to  add  data  that  will  be  of 

'""^^'if  has  been  my  pleasure  to  see  in  the  pulpit  of  our 
Church  all   of   its  Ministers  save  two-Blatchford  and  Curtis 
These  men  had  passed  away  long  before  I  became  associated 
with  the  Society.     It  was   my  great  privilege  to  converse 


16  PRELUDE  TO  THE  SECOND  EDITION 

with  the  founder,  Jeremiah  Porter,  at  the  Jubilee  in  1883, 
and  to  hear  him  speak  on  his  early  religious  experiences  in 
Chicago. 

James  Anthony  Froude  said  of  Thomas  Carlyle:  "It 
was  his  special  gift  to  bring  dead  things  and  dead  people 
back  to  life;  to  make  the  past  once  more  the  present;  to  show 
us  men  and  women  on  the  mortal  stage  as  real  flesh  and 
blood  creatures."  I  wish  it  were  possible  to  show  a  living, 
moving  picture  of  life  in  the  First  Church  since  the  days  of 
Fort  Dearborn.  But  I  can  only  give  the  few  bare  outlines 
I  have  gathered  from  the  lips  of  old  members,  from  the  rec- 
ords of  the  Session  and  from  my  own,  which  began  in  1865. 

Chicago,  July  30,  1913. 

P.  A.  O. 


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lEMORIAL  TABLET  OX  THE  SITE  OF  FORT  DEARBORN. 


"My  heart  is  inditing  a  good  matter." — {Psalm  xlv:  i.) 

HISTORICAL 

Little  remains  today  of  early  Chicago.  The  few  his- 
toric buildings  which  escaped  (1856-57)  the  crusade  for 
public  improvement  and  extension  of  business  were  con- 
sumed in  the  conflagration  of  1871.  While  Fort  Dearborn 
lasted,  it  was,  as  some  one  has  well  said,  "the  connecting  link 
between  us  and  the  Indians  and  the  wilderness."  The 
block-house  held  out  until  1857.  Then  it  had  to  go,  "and 
the  place  thereof  shall  know  it  no  more,"  but  for  a  marble 
tablet  attached  to  the  north  wall  of  the  building  at  the  inter- 
section of  Michigan  avenue  and  River  street,  facing  Rush 
street  bridge.  Let  us  stop  and  read,  for  our  ecclesiastical 
records  start  with  Fort  Dearborn: 

"This  building  occupies  the  site  of  old  Fort  Dearborn,  which  ex- 
tended a  little  across  Mich.  Ave.,  and  somewhat  into  the  river  as 
it  now  is.  The  fort  was  built  in  1803-4,  forming  our  outmost 
defense. 

By  order  of  Gen.  Hull  it  was  evacuated  Aug.  15,  1812,  after 
its  stores  and  provisions  had  been  distributed  among  the  Indians. 

Very  soon  after,  the  Indians  attacked  and  massacred  about 
fifty  of  the  troops  and  a  number  of  citizens,  including  women  and 
children,  and  next  day  burned  the  fort. 

In  1816  it  was  rebuilt,  but  after  the  Blackhawk  war  it  went 
into  gradual  disuse,  and  in  May,  1837,  was  abandoned  by  the  army, 
but  was  occupied  by  various  government  officers  till  1857,  when  it 
was  torn  down,  excepting  a  single  building  which  stood  upon  this 
site  till  the  great  fire  of  Oct.  9,  1871. 

At  the  suggestion  of  the  Chicago  Historical  Society  this  tablet 
was  erected  by  W.  M.  HovT. 

Nov.,  1880." 

Why  w^as  this  particular  point  on  Lake  Michigan  se- 
lected by  our  government  as  a  position  of  "outmost  defense"? 
Why  was  the  fort  placed  at  the  mouth  of  the  Chicago  river, 
the  least  important  of  all  the  rivers  flowing  into  the  lake,  an 
insignificant  stream,  with  no  harbor  facilities,  with  few 
natural  advantages?  And  yet,  on  the  site  of  this  fort,  has 
arisen  one  of  the  great  cities  of  the  world. 

A  few  historical  data  may  here  be  permitted,  though 
a  full  presentation  of  the  subject  would  be  outside  the  scope 
of  the  present  work.     One  hundred  years  ago  the  great  high- 


18  A   HISTORY  OF  THE 

way  from  the  Canadas  to  the  lower  Mississippi  was  by  Lake 
Michigan  to  the  Chicago  river,  thence  by  the  IlHnois  river 
into  the  "Father  of  Waters."  This  was  the  route  of  Mar- 
quette in  1675,  of  La  Salle  in  1679,  and  of  the  Jesuit  fathers 
in  the  eighteenth  century  on  their  missionary  journeys  from 
Quebec  and  Montreal.  The  agents  of  the  trading  companies 
having  stations  throughout  the  northwest  and  along  the 
great  lakes  could  send  their  goods  to  the  Mississippi  only  by 
means  of  the  Chicago  Portage. 

Fort  Dearborn  was  built  for  the  protection  of  the  trading 
interests,  to  counteract  the  influence  of  the  British  on  the 
Indian  tribes  scattered  along  the  lake,  and  to  control  the 
gateway  to  the  Mississippi. 

On  August  17,  1803,  a  company  of  United  States  sol- 
diers, under  the  command  of  Captain  John  Whistler,^  arrived 
at  the  Chicago  river,  and,  during  that  summer  and  autumn, 
built  what  has  since  been  known  as  the  first  Fort  Dearborn, 
named  after  General  Henry  Dearborn,  at  that  time  Secre- 
tary of  war.  The  fort  was  destroyed  at  the  time  of  the  mas- 
sacre in  1812,  but  was  rebuilt  in  1816  on  the  same  spot, 
after  the  plan  adopted  by  the  war  department  for  most  of 
its  frontier  posts,  and  consisted  of  quarters  for  the  officers, 
barracks  for  the  soldiers,  magazine  and  provision  storehouse 
and  a  block-house  at  the  southwest  corner,  which  served  not 
only  as  a  means  of  defense,  but  as  a  tower  from  which  a  view 
could  be  had  of  the  surrounding  territory.  The  officers' 
quarters  were  on  the  west  side,  and  the  soldiers'  on  the  east 
side.  The  entire  premises  covered  an  acre  or  more  of  ground 
and  were  enclosed  by  a  stockade,  fourteen  feet  in  height, 
made  of  pieces  of  timber  driven  into  the  ground  and  firmly 
bound  together.  It  had  two  gates,  one  on  the  north  and  the 
other  on  the  south  side.  The  land  to  the  south  of  the  fort, 
reaching  as  far  as  Madison  street,  was  enclosed  with  a  fence, 
and  for  a  long  time  was  known  as  "Fort  Dearborn  Reserva- 
tion."-    Dearborn   Park,   now  occupied   by   the   Public   Li- 

>  James  McNeill  WhisUer,  the  artist,  grandson  of  Captain  John  Whistler,  said  to 
a  Chicago  visitor.  "Chicago,  dear  me,  what  a  -wonderful  place.  I  really  ought  to  visit 
It  some  day,  for,  you  know,  my  grandfather  founded  the  place  and  my  uncle  was  the 
last  Commander  of  Fort  Dearborn."     "Life  of  WhisUer"  by  E.  R.  and  J.  Pennell  (1908). 

«  "Historical  Sermon";  Rev.  Abbott  E-  Kittredge,  D.  D.,  July  2,  1876. 


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brary,  was  a  part  of  this  reservation,  and  the  land  now 
bounded  by  Wabash  and  Michigan  avenues  was  laid  out  as 
a  military  garden  and  graveyard. 

Mr.  Addison  Ballard,  who  had  been  identified  with  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  for  at  least  forty  years,  writes  of 

Fort  Dearborn  as  he  first  saw  it : 

"Chicago,  February,  7,  1899. 

"In  reply  to  your  letter  asking  for  my  recollections  of  Fort  Dear- 
born, I  will  say  that  I  came  to  Chicago  first  in  April,  1843,  a  wet 
spring,  mud  everywhere.  Fort  Dearborn  stood  on  the  highest  and 
driest  spot  that  I  could  see  or  find,  and  was  located  at  about  the 
junction  of  what  is  now  Michigan  avenue  and  River  street.  At  that 
time  the  land  was  not  subdivided,  as  it  was  when  I  came  to  Chicago 
to  live  in  1852.  The  block-house  was  the  distinctive  feature  of  the 
fort;  it  remained  long  after  the  other  buildings  had  disappeared. 
The  stockade  was  still  standing  in  1843.  It  ran  along  the  west  line 
of  Michigan  avenue  to  the  present  alley  between  Michigan  avenue 
and  River  street,  thence  along  the  line  of  this  alley  to  River  street. 
The  opening  of  River  street  may  have  removed  the  stockade  from  the 
north  boundary  of  the  fort  prior  to  the  year  1852.  The  stockade 
was  made  of  puncheons^  four  to  six  inches  thick,  driven  into  the 
ground.  The  Ughthouse  stood  on  the  bank  of  the  river  just  west  of 
the  south  end  of  Rush  street  bridge,  as  it  now  is. 

"In  1856  John  S.  Wright,  a  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  agri- 
cultural machinery,  bought  the  block-house  and  all  that  remained 
of  the  stockade,  removing  it  in  1857  to  his  new  factory  on  the  north 
branch  of  the  river,  and  manufacturing  the  old  timber  into  furniture 
as  souvenirs  for  himself  and  friends.  The  old  logs  were  native  oak, 
and  all  well  seasoned.  At  that  time  (1856)  I  was  manufacturing 
sash,  blinds  and  doors  at  my  factory,  corner  of  Market  and  Congress 
streets.  Mr.  Wright  wished  me  to  saw  up  the  logs  into  lumber,  but 
not  having  machinery  adapted  to  such  work,  I  could  not  take  the 
order.  So  he  did  not  remove  the  block-house  and  stockade  until 
1857,  when  he  procured  the  necessary  machinery." 

Chicago  in  1833  consisted  of  a  collection  of  log  houses, 
or  huts,  rather,  built  by  the  traders  and  settlers  on  both  sides 
of  the  river  for  a  mile  or  so  from  its  mouth.  The  only  frame 
buildings  were  those  occupied  by  the  stores,  of  which  there 
were  three,  standing  about  half  a  mile  back  from  the  lake. 

In  the  spring  of  1833,  the  Indian  War  having  termi- 
nated by  the  surrender  of  Blackhawk  to  General  Scott,-  the 

1  The  halves  of  a  split  log,  with  the  faces  smoothed  with  an  adze  or  ax,  are  called 
puncheons. 

2  My  grandfather,  Deacon  Philo  Adams  of  Milan.  Erie  County,  Ohio,  came  to 
Chicago,  April  27,  1821,  in  charge  of  two  vessels,  "Lady  of  the  Lake"  and  "Cincin- 


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A   HISTORY  OF  THE 


troops  at  Fort  Dearborn  were  ordered  elsewhere.     They  were 
to  be  reUeved  by  two  companies,  then  at  Fort  Brady,  Sault 
Ste  Marie,  Michigan  Territory,  under  the  command  of  Major 
John  Fowle,^  and  Brevet-Major  de  Lafayette  Wilcox.^     The 
Rev  Jeremiah  Porter,  who  had  been  at  the  Sault  smce  1831 
doing  missionary  work  and  preaching  to  the  men  in  the  fort, 
was  invited  by  Major  Fowle  to  accompany  the  expedition  to 
Fort  Dearborn.     He  decided  to  go,  as  he  had  been  requested 
by  the  Missionary  Society  to  explore  the  shores  of   Lake 
Michigan,  at  that  time  almost  an  unknown  region,  and  see 
if  there  were  any  settlements  where  the  preaching  of  the 
Gospel  would  be  received.     The  trip  from  Fort  Brady  "was 
then  "  says  Dr.  Mitchell,  "almost  an  ocean  voyage,"  taking 
seven  days  to  come  from  Mackinac.     The  little  schooner, 
"the  'Mayflower'  of  our  history,"  at  last  arrived  off  Chicago 
on  Sunday  morning.   May   12,   1833,   only  to  pass  another 
dreary  day  waiting  for  the  boisterous  waves  to  subside.     On 
Monday,  the  13th,  the  lake  having  calmed  sufficiently  for 
the  vessel  to  enter  the  river,  Major  Fowle  landed  his  troops 
and  passengers. 

On  the  following  Sunday,  May  19,  the  Rev.  Jeremiah 
Porter  held  the  first  religious  service  in  the  history  of  the 
Church  in  the  carpenter  shop  of  Fort  Dearborn,  preaching 
from  the  words  of  the  Carpenter  of  Nazareth:  "Herein  is  my 
Father  glorified,  that  ye  bear  much  fruit;  so  shall  ye  be  my 
disciples."     (St.  John  xv:  8.) 

In  the  afternoon,  Mr. Porter  preached  in  "Father"Walker's 
cabin ;  at  six  o'clock,  he  held  a  prayer  meeting  at  the  fort,  and 
later  in  the  evening,  attended  another  service  at  "Father" 
Walker's.      Dr.  Mitchell,  in  his  "Historical  Sermon,"  (1878) 

nati,"  loaded  with  stores  for  Fort  Dearborn.  In  1832  he  came  again  with  a  drove 
of  cattle  for  the  supply  of  Gen.  Scott's  army.  He  left  Milan,  May  10,  delivered  the 
cattle  June  20,  and  arrived  home  July  1.  The  diary  he  kept  on  this  trip  is  now  in 
the  possession  of  my  cousin,  the  Rev.  Clair  S.  Adams  of  Decatur,  111.  When  a  lad,  I 
often  heard  my  grandfather  speak  of  General  Scott  and  Fort  Dearborn.  He  told  me 
that  the  Indians  called  this  place  "Chi-Ca-Guh,"  the  last  syllable  spoken  as  a  gut- 
tural and  with  a  strong  accent.  My  great-grandfather,  Daniel  Adams,  was  one  of 
General  Stark's  Green  Mountain  Boys,  and  was  present  at  the  surrender  of  Fort  Ti- 
conderoga.     Deacon  Philo  Adams  was  bom  December  12,  1786,  and  died  July  15,  1864. 

'  Major  John  Fowle  was  killed  April  25,  1838,  by  a  steamboat  explosion  on  the 
Ohio  River. 

'  Major  Wilcox  distinguished  himself  in  the  war  of  1812  and  died  at  Palatka, 
Fin..  January  3,  1842. 


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FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  21 

said  of  "Father"  Walker:  "He  was  an  aged  Methodist  Minister 
who  lived  in  a  log  cabin  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  near 
the  north  branch,  and  preached  there  on  the  Sabbath." 

In  1833,  four  religious  denominations  were  represented 
in  Chicago:  CathoHc,   Presbyterian,  Methodist,  and  Baptist. 

1.  Roman  Catholic.  "In  a  large  and  true  sense," 
said  Dr.  Barrows,  "the  precedency  in  the  evangelization,  not 
only  of  Chicago,  but  of  the  whole  region  from  the  St.  Law- 
rence to  the  Mississippi,  belongs  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church.  In  the  seventeenth  century,  the  Jesuit  Fathers  had 
a  mission  house  near  our  city."^  On  May  1,  1833,  the  Rev. 
Jean  Marie  Irenaeus  St.  Cyr,  a  French  Priest,  commissioned 
by  Bishop  Rosati  of  St.  Louis,  arrived  in  Chicago,  and  on 
May  5  celebrated  his  first  Mass.  These  early  services  by 
Father  St.  Cyr  were  largely  of  a  mission  character  until  St. 
Mary's  Chapel  was  completed.  In  a  letter  written  from  St. 
Louis,  dated  February  20,  1875,  to  Mr.  H.  H.  Hurlbut,^ 
Father  St.  Cyr  said: 

"I  commenced  the  Church  in  the  beginning  of  September,  1833, 
and  the  last  week  of  October  of  the  same  year  I  said  the  first  Mass 
in  it  for  the  Cathohc  Indians,  300  in  number,  who  had  come  to  Chi- 
cago for  their  annuities,  from  South  Bend.  They  cleaned  and  swept 
the  Church  for,  the  carpenter,  Deodat  Taylor,  had  just  finished 
his  work  the  day  before.  But  the  Church  was  not  plastered;  it  was 
only  in  March,  1834,  that  the  plastering  was  done  and  the  pews  ready, 
and  from  the  first  of  April  of  the  same  year  we  had  reUgious  services, 
morning  and  evening." 

2.  Presbyterian.  The  second  entry  in  volume  I.  of 
the  Sessional  records  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church   reads : 

"June  26.  The  Church  was  organized  by  adopting  the  Covenant 
and  Articles  of  Faith  in  the  Presbytery  of  Detroit. 

"The  following  persons  were  received  at  the  formation  of  the 
Church,  viz:" 

in  garrison. 
Capt.  D.  Wilcox.  Richard  Burtis. 

Mrs.  S.  G.  Wilcox.  Benjamin  Briscor. 

Lieut.  L.  T.  Jameson.  Ebenezer  Ford. 

Sergt.  J.  Adams.  John  Grey. 

Mrs.  H.  Adams.  Isaac  Ingraham. 

Sergt.  William  C.  Cole.  William  Johnson. 

Mrs.  Julia  Cole.  David  Lake. 

Mrs.  Ruth  Ward.  James  Murray. 


1  "Historical  Sermon,"  John  Henry  Barrows,  June,  1883. 
^  Hurlbut's  "Chicago  Antiquities." 


22  A   HISTORY  OF  THE 

CHICAGO. 

Mr.  John  Wright.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Brown. 

"  RuFus  Brown.  "     Mary  Taylor. 

"  John  S.  Wright.  "     Clark. 

"  Philo  Carpenter.  "     Cynthia  Brown. 

"  Jonathan  H.  Poor. 

The  author  does  not  claim  that  the  first  religious  services 
in  Chicago  were  conducted  by  the  First  Church,  but  that  the 
first  organized,  regularly  constituted  religious  Society,  in  a 
word,  the  oldest  organization  in  Chicago,  is  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church.  The  Manual  (1856)  contains  a  brief  history 
of  the  First  Church,  prepared  by  Dr.  Curtis,  in  which  he  said 
of  its  organization,  June  26,  1833 : 

"But,  hitherto,  no  Church  organization  had  been  effected  by 
any  denomination  of  Christians." 

The  First  Church  really  dates  from  a  prayer  meeting 
and  Sunday-school,  started  in  August,  1832,  by  Mr.  Philo 
Carpenter,  assisted  by  "a  Methodist  brother,"  and  an  officer 
from  the  garrison,  in  an  unfinished  building,  owned  by  Mark 
Beaubien.  These  services  continued,  with  a  few  interrup- 
tions, through  the  winter  of  1832-33  and  were  held  in  differ- 
ent places.  Finally,  they  found  a  home  in  "Father"  Walker's 
cabin.  "There  Jeremiah  Porter  found  the  school  and  soon 
had  an  organized  Church."^ 

3.     Methodist.     In    1828,    the   Rev.    Jesse   Walker,    a 
Methodist  Minister,  afterward  known  as  "Father"  Walker, 
came  to  Chicago  and  held  a  number  of  religious  services. 
He  was  followed  by  the  Rev.  S.  R.  Beggs  in  1831.   "  Father" 
Walker  came  again  in  1832,  and  was  here  in  1833,  when  Jere- 
miah Porter  landed  with  the  troops  at  Fort  Dearborn.  These 
services  by  the  Methodists  were  in  the  nature  of  a  mission 
and  it  is  so  stated  in  the  records  of  the  First  M.  E.  Church. 
Their  first  quarterly  Conference  was  held  in  August,  1833,  and 
this  may  be  considered  the  organization  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal   Church   of   Chicago,    incorporated    November   20, 
1835.     The  name  of  this  Society  was  changed  February  13, 
1865,  by  a  special  act  of  legislature,  to  the  First  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  Chicago. 

'  From  an  address  by  Mr.  Philo  Carpenter  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  Sun- 
day-school (1868).     See  E.  G.  Mason's  "Chicago  and  Early  lUinois,"   page  106. 


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4  Baptist.  The  Rev.  Ira  McCoy,  a  Baptist  Minister, 
was  the  first  to  preach  the  Gospel  in  Chicago,  October  9. 
1825;  but  the  First  Baptist  Church  was  not  organized  until 

October  19,  1833. 

At  the  Jubilee  Celebration  (1883)  of  the  First  Church, 
the  name  of  Miss  Eliza  Chappel,  whom  he  had  known  in 
Mackinac  as  a  teacher,  was  added  to  the  above  list  of  origmal 
members  of  the  First  Church,  "on  the  authority  and  by  the 
request  of  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter."^  The  first  pubhc 
school  in  Chicago  was  organized  in  the  meeting  house  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  and  Miss  Chappel  was  the  first 
teacher  in  this  school.  She  was  married  to  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Porter,  June  16,  1834,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

The  membership  of  the  Church  increased  within  a  few 
months  from  twenty-six  to  fifty-seven,  and  to  accommodate 
soldiers  and  citizens,  preaching  services  were  held  for  a  time 
both  in  the  fort  and  at  "Father"  Walker's  cabin  on  Wolf  Point. 
June  11,  1833,  a  committee  had  been  appointed  to  solicit 
subscriptions  for  the  construction  of  a  meeting  house,  Mr. 
Porter  generously  suggesting  that  any  money  subscribed  to- 
ward his  support  might  be  applied  to  the  building  fund.  In 
the  meantime,  the  Home  Missionary  Society  made  proper 
provision  for  Mr.  Porter. 

The  erection  of  the  first  house  of  worship  was  quite  an 
event  in  the  little  settlement.  "Nearly  all  the  inhabitants 
aided  in  the  construction  of  this  building,  and  the  under- 
taking was  so  stupendous  that  every  shoulder  was  needed 

at  the  wheel."- 

The  meeting  house,  built  by  Mr.  Joseph  Meeker,^  "stood 
out  in  the  open  field,  without  any  fence  around  it,  on  what 
is  now  the  alley  of  the  lot  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Lake 
and  Clark  streets,"  on  the  south  twenty-five  feet  of  Lot  One  in 
Block  Thirty-four  in  the  Original  Town  of  Chicago.  TheChicago 

rTTmTtorical  Sermon."  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows.  D.  D..  1883.  page  16. 

2  Hurlbut's  "Chicago  Antiquities,"  page  615. 

3  Mr  Joseph  Meeker  was  bora  in  Elizabethtovvn.  N.  J.,  September  29.  1805;  came 
to  Chicago  early  in  1833;  was  received  into  the  membership  of  this  Church,  September 
8  1833-  librarian  in  the  first  formal  organization  of  the  Sunday-school,  March  16.  1835: 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church,  June  20.  1859;  died  m  Chi- 
cago January  4  1872.  I  was  a  member  of  his  Sunday-school  class  at  the  South  Con- 
gregational Church  in  1857.  and  often  heard  him  speak  of  his  early  life  in  Chicago. 


24  A  HISTORY  OF  THE 

Daily  Democrat  (1834)  says:  "The  First  Presbyterian 
Church  has  purchased  lot  1  in  block  34."  The  books  of  the 
Title  Guarantee  and  Trust  Co.  do  not,  however,  show  any 
record  of  such  a  purchase.  We  can  only  infer  that  for  the 
two  years  or  more  the  Society  was  in  possession  of  this  lot, 
it  must  have  been  by  permission  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Ill- 
inois and  Michigan  Canal,  who  held  title  to  the  land.  The 
lot  was  purchased  at  the  Canal  sale,  June,  1836,  more  than 
two  years  after  the  meeting  house  was  built,  by  James  Cur- 
tiss,  Secretary  of  the  Illinois  Hotel  Co.  The  hotel  scheme 
collapsed  in  the  panic  of  1835-37,  and  thus  the  Church  was 
providentially  permitted  to  continue  in  possession  another 
year  until  a  new  location  was  procu-ed  farther  south  on 
Clark  street,  below  Washington. ^ 

It  was  a  frame  structure  of  the  plainest  character,  about 
forty  feet  in  length  and  twenty-five  in  width,  with  plastered 
walls  and  bare  puncheon  floors.  The  cost  was  $600.  The 
seating  arrangements  consisted  of  benches  made  of  ordinary 
pine  boards,  and  would  accommodate  about  two  hundred 
people.  The  settlers  and  the  troops  from  the  garrison  "filled 
the  building  comfortably  every  Sunday."  In  the  spring 
months,  when  the  water  in  the  ditch  in  front  of  the  Church 
made  it  almost  inaccessible,  the  benches  taken  from  the 
Church  were  the  ordinary  means  for  bridging  the  slough. 

"Several  of  the  members  of  the  Church,"  says  Dr. 
Mitchell,^  "lived  on  the  West  Side,  where  there  were  then 
three  houses,  but  one  of  those  houses,  though  only  20  x  14, 
accommodated  that  winter  seventeen  persons.  For  them  it 
was  quite  a  circumstance  to  reach  the  Church.  The  river 
had  to  be  crossed  by  a  sort  of  floating  bridge,  near  what  is 
now  Randolph  street,  and  they  must  then  go  skipping  from 
one  log  to  another,  across  the  swamps  and  bogs  of  the  muddy 
prairies.     Sometimes  they  were  sadly  bemired  on  the  way, 

'  The  Rev.  A.  D.  Field,  in  speaking  of  the  early  Churches  of  Chicago,  says:  "There 
was  this  year  [1836]  a  small  Catholic  chapel,  a  block  south  of  the  Tremont  House,  and 
the  Presbyterians  had  a  house  about  20x30  seated  with  school  benches,  which  served 
as  Church  and  schoolhouse,  situated  on  Clark  street  between  Randolph  and  Lake 
streets,  where  the  present  writer  received  many  of  the  elements  of  an  education,  and 
often  sat  with  aching  bones  through  the  long  Sabbath  services."  ("Chicago  and  Her 
Churches."     Phillips.  1867.) 

'  "Historical  Sermon,"  by  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  page  7. 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  25 

and  more  than  once  ladies  had  to  be    picked  up  by  strong 
arms  and  lifted  across  the  black  and  treacherous  holes." 

Such  was  "Chicago's  first  built  Protestant  meeting 
house,  commonly  called  'the  Lord's  House,'  and  a  useful 
building  it  was  to  the  first  settlers."  It  was  dedicated 
January  4,  1834,^  Mr.  Porter  preaching  a  sermon  from  the 
text:  "Yea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  a  house,  and  the  swal- 
low a  nest  for  herself,  where  she  may  lay  her  young;  even 
Thine  altars,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  my  King  and  my  God." 
(Psalm  Ixxxiv:  3.)  Mr.  Porter  was  assisted  in  the  dedica- 
tory services  by  the  Rev.  A.  B.  Freeman,  Minister  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  who  offered  the  consecration  prayer. 

From  1833  to  1835,  the  membership  increased  to  about 
one  hundred,  and,  as  the  Church  was  then  self-supporting, 
Mr.  Porter  felt  justified  in  accepting  a  call  in  the  autumn 
of  1835  to  the  Main  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Peoria,  111., 
"a  place  which  had  been  settled  some  fourteen  years  earlier 
than  Chicago." 

Mr.  Porter  was  very  reluctant  to  sever  his  relations 
with  the  work  he  had  founded  in  Chicago,  and  did  not  go, 
as  he  wrote  Dr.  Mitchell  many  years  later,  without  an  ear- 
nest effort  to  find  in  his  successor,  "the  best  Minister  in  the 
land."  While  a  delegate  to  the  General  Assembly  at  Pitts- 
burgh in  May,  1835,  Mr.  Porter  was  in  hopes  of  finding  some 
one  there  who  would  believe  in  the  possibilities  of  a  great 
city  on  the  banks  of  Lake  Michigan.  The  Rev.  Edward 
Humphrey,  D.  D.,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  brother  of  the  Rev.  Z. 
M.  Humphrey,  D.  D.;  the  Rev.  E.  N.  Kirk,  D.  D.,  of  Albany; 
the  Rev.  J.  W.  Adams,  D.  D.,  of  Syracuse;  the  Rev.  Joel 
Hawes,  D.  D.,  of  Hartford,  and  the  Rev.  Derrick  Lansing, 
D.  D.,  of  Auburn,  "were  besieged  in  vain."  There  was  no 
great  desire  on  the  part  of  any  of  these  men  to  leave  their 
comfortable  homes  in  the  East  for  pioneer  life  in  a  place 
which  was  generally  supposed  to  be  "in  a  great  swamp  back 
of  Lake  Michigan." 

1  The  thermometer  stood  at  fifteen  degrees  below  zero  at  noon.  "The  building  was 
used  for  a  schoolhouse.  public  meetings,  lyceums  and  concerts.  Being  the  largest 
room  in  the  village,  it  was  not  only  used  as  a  Church,  but  as  a  sort  of  Town  Hall.  The 
first  concert  in  Chicago  was  held  in  this  building  in  December,  1835,  the  house  filled, 
with  tickets  at  50  cents.  It  was  in  this  meeting  house  that  the  first  Episcopal  serv- 
ice was  held  in  Chicago."     (Chicago  Magazine,  June  15,  1857.) 


26  A  HISTORY  OF  THE 

The  people  had  already  adopted  the  name  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  but  no  steps  had  been  taken  for  the 
purpose  of  incorporating  the  Society.  On  November  24,  1835, 
a  meeting  of  the  members  was  held,  in  pursuance  of  "The  Act 
Concerning  Religious  Societies,"  approved  February  6,  1835, 
by  the  legislature,  at  which  meeting  the  Society  assumed 
the  name  of  "The  First  Presbyterian  Church  and  Society  of 
Chicago,"  and  elected  five  Trustees  thereof,  to  hold  office  for 
one  year,  viz:  Louis  T.  Jamison,^  Peter  Bolles,^  William  H. 
Brown,'  Hiram  Pearsons^  and  William  H.  Taylor,^  a  cer- 
tificate of  whose  election  was  made  and  recorded  according 
to  the  provisions  of  the  said  act. 

During  the  two  years  which  elapsed  before  a  successor 
to  Mr.  Porter  was  secured,  the  pulpit  was  supplied  partly  by 
the  Rev.  Issac  T.  Hinton,®  Minister  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church,  the   Rev.  William   McLean'    and    the    Rev.    J.    J. 

1  Captain  Louis  Titus  Jamison,  U.  S.  A.,  a  native  of  Virginia,  was  one  of  the 
ofiScers  of  the  garrison  who  came  with  Mr.  Porter  in  May,  1833,  from  Fort  Brady.  At 
this  time  (1835)  he  had  charge  of  the  government  work  on  the  harbor;  died  in  October, 
1856,  aged  fifty-one,  at  Rio  Grande,  Tex.,  where  he  resided  after  the  Mexican  W^ar. 

2  Mr.  Peter  BoUes  was  a  member  of  the  committee  for  obtaining  a  charter  for  the 
city  of  Chicago.  At  the  first  city  election  in  1837,  he  was  chosen  alderman  from  the 
second  ward;  school  inspector  in  1839;  died  in  New  York  City,  August  19,  1839,  aged 
forty -five. 

3  Mr.  William  H.  Brown  came  to  Chicago  in  1835,  and  was  received  into  the  mem- 
bership of  the  Church  November  3  of  that  year.  In  June  of  the  following  year  he 
was  chosen  Elder,  an  office  he  continued  to  hold  until  1842,  when  he  withdrew  with 
others  to  organize  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  a  philanthropist  and  an 
influential  friend  of  the  Chicago  pubUc  schools,  acting  as  school  agent  from  1840  to 
1853.  He  served  the  people  so  ably  in  this  capacity  that  Brown  School,  built  in 
1855,  was  named  for  him.  The  Chicago  Historical  Society  chose  him  as  its  first  Presi- 
dent in  1856.  Mr.  Brown  died  in  .Amsterdam,  Holland,  June  17,  1867,  aged  seventy- 
two. 

^  Mr.  Hiram  Pearsons  came  to  Chicago  before  1833.  At  the  first  city  election  in 
1837,  he  was  chosen  Treasurer;  afterward,  alderman  of  the  sixth  ward.  He  was  a 
large  real  estate  operator;  died  at  Alameda,  Cal.,  August  11,  1868,  aged  fifty-seven. 

5  Mr.  William  H.  Taylor  is  now  living  at  Brookline,  Mass.  While  in  Chicago, 
he  was  a  shoe  merchant,  and  resided  at  the  southeast  comer  of  Wabash  avenue  and 
Congress  street. 

«  Hon.  John  Wentworth,  in  a  lecture  delivered  May  7,  1876,  said  of  Mr,  Hinton, 
"He  was  a  man  who  never  seemed  so  happy  as  when  immersing  converted  sinners  in 
our  frozen  river  or  lake.  It  was  said  of  his  converts,  that  no  one  of  them  was  ever 
known  to  be  a  backslider.  It  is  also  claimed  for  Mr.  Hinton  that  no  couple  he  married 
was  ever  divorced.  He  was  just  as  careful  in  marrying  as  he  was  in  baptizing.  He 
wanted  nobody  to  fall  from  grace."  (Andreas'  "History  of  Chicago,"  Vol.  I.  page 
318.)  Mr.  Hinton  died  of  yellow  fever  in  New  Orieans,  August  28,  1847,  aged  forty- 
eight. 

'  Miss  Frances  L.  WiUard,  one  of  the  eariy  teachers  in  Chicago,  wrote  of  Mr,  Mc- 
Lean m  a  leuer.  May  25,  1836,  "He  preaches  with  eloquence  and   in  a   studied   argu- 


JOHN    BLATCHFORD. 
From  a  daguerreotype  in  the  possession  of  Mr    E    W    Blatchford. 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  27 

Miter. ^  "Mr.  Hinton  became  virtually  the  Minister  of  the  Pres- 
byterian as  well  as  the  Baptist  Church,"  says  Dr.  Mitchell; 
"both  Congregations  were  his  auditors."  Mr.  Porter,  in  his 
pamphlet  on  "The  Earliest  Religious  History  of  Chicago," 
shows  how  intimate  were  the  relations  between  the  two 
Churches.  "The  First  Baptist  Church  was  organized  October 
19,  1833,  under  the  pastorship  of  the  Rev.  Allen  B.  Freeman, 
Previous  to  his  coming,  his  principal  supporters,  Dr.  John  T. 
Temple  and  others,  had  attended  our  meetings  in  the  fort 
and  at  Wolf  Point,  and  until  our  Church  was  built,  Mr. 
Freeman  and  I  preached  alternately  in  a  room  on  Franklin 
street."^ 

Mr.  Freeman  died  of  typhoid  fever  December  17,  1834, 
aged  twenty-seven,  and  his  funeral  services  were  held  in  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Mr.  Porter  preaching  the  sermon. 
These  cordial  relations  between  the  two  Churches  continued 
during  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  Isaac  T.  Hinton,  as  the 
Ministers  "felt  bound  together  by  the  warmest  and  strongest 
bonds." 

There  were  at  that  time  two  men  in  the  West  who  were 
afterward  to  become  devoted  Ministers  of  this  Church — 
the  Rev.  John  Blatchford  and  the  Rev.  Flavel  Bascom. 
Each  had  visited  the  scene  of  his  future  labors,  each  appre- 
ciated the  responsibilities  of  the  work,  each  recognized  the 
growing  importance  of  the  young  city  and  the  great  need 
for  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel. 

The  Rev.  John  Blatchford  started  west  in  1836,  and, 
after  a  brief  stay  in  Chicago,  went  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  where 

mentative  style.  Mr.  McLean  says  that,  in  all  his  travels,  he  was  never  in  a  place 
where  money  was  talked  of  as  here.  Ten  thousand  dollars  is  nothing!  fifty  thousand! 
one  hundred  thousand  only  are  named."  (Andreas'  "History  of  Chicago,"  Vol.  I, 
page  301.)  The  ReV.  William  McLean  was  aftemard,  from  1837  to  1840,  Minister  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Washington,  D.  C,  in  which  city  he  died  February 
13,  1873,  aged  sixty-six. 

1  The  Rev.  John  J.  Miter  was  the  stated  supply,  1839-40,  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Knoxville,  111. 

2  "In  this  room,"  said  a  writer  in  the  Chicago  Magazine  of  June  15th,  1857,  "Pres- 
byterians, Baptists  and  Methodists  all  met  for  worship,  and  such  was  the  harmony 
of  feeling  and  simple  hearted  view  of  the  road  to  Heaven  in  those  barbarous  days, 
that  it  was  no  uncommon  sight  to  see  three  clergymen  jointly  ministering  to  the  mixed 
flock  during  the  same  morning  service.  Brothers  Porter,  Freeman  and  Whitehead, 
often  side  by  side,  perched  up  at  one  end  of  the  room  behind  a  structure  meant  for  a 
pulpit,  which  looked  no  larger  than  a  decent  sized  ice  box,  broke  the  bread  of  life  to 
the  waiting  few." 


28  A   HISTORY  OF  THE 

he  spent  the  winter  of  1836-37.  There  he  received  a  call 
from  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago,  which  he  ac- 
cepted, and  was  installed  as  its  first  Minister,  July  1,  1837. 

For  a  few  years,  the  people  had  to  content  themselves 
with  their  simple  frame  meeting  house,  although  some  de- 
sired changes  were  effected  in  its  condition  and  location. 
The  former  situation  had  become  undesirable,  as  the  adja- 
cent property  was  in  demand  for  business  purposes,  and  the 
people  were  going  to  the  southern  part  of  the  city  for  their 
homes,  "away  out  on  the  prairie  below  Van  Buren  street." 
The  building  was  moved  in  1837-38  from  its  original  position 
on  Clark  street,  near  Lake,  to  the  corner  of  Clark  street  and 
the  alley,  now  known  as  Calhoun  Place,  south  of  Washing- 
ton street  and  facing  Clark,  being  the  south  fifty  feet  of  Lot 
One,  in  Block  Fifty-six,  Original  Town  of  Chicago.  During  the 
seven  years  following  and  prior  to  the  purchase  of  the  land 
by  the  Society,  the  owners  did  not  demand  any  rental,  as 
they  "regarded  the  presence  of  the  Church  a  blessing  to  the 
whole  community."  After  two  years  of  unceasing  labor.  Dr. 
Blatchford's  health  gave  way,  and,  on  August  18,  1839,  he 
terminated  his  work  in  Chicago. 

On  October  6,  1839,  a  call  was  extended  to  the  Rev. 
Albert  Hale. 

The  records  of  the  Session  read : 

"Session  met  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Carpenter.  Present,  Mr.  John 
Wright,  Moderator,  Philo  Carpenter,  B.  W.  Raymond  and  W.  H. 
Brown.  After  prayer,  on  motion,  it  was  resolved  that  we  give  a  call 
to  the  Rev.  Albert  Hale  to  become  the  pastor  of  this  Church  at  a 
salary  of  SI, 000,  pledging  the  Church  for  a  larger  sum  should  the 
first  be  insufficient." 

Mr.  Hale,  afterward  known  as  "Father"  Hale,  the  friend 
of  Abraham  Lincoln,  declined  the  invitation. 

The  Rev.  Flavel  Bascom  first  came  to  Chicago  on  his 
wedding  journey  in  July,  1833,^  and  was  invited  to  preach,  as 
Mr.  Porter  had  an  appointment  in  the  country.  Unwilling 
to  accept  the  accommodations  at  Beaubien's  Hotel,  and 
finding  Rufus  Brown's^  log  boarding  house  full,  he  was  at 

I  -Historical  Sermon."  by  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D.,  page  23. 
"Most  of  the  members  of  my  original  Church."  says  Mr.  Porter,  "except  those  in 
the  army    ^vcre  of  this  family,  so  that  Mrs.  Brown  could  with  much  truth  say.  'the 
Church  that  .s  m  my  house.'  "      ("Earliest  Religious  History  of  Chicago."  page  58.) 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  29 

length  induced  to  encamp  in  the  study  of  the  absent  Min- 
ister, above  Peck's  store.  Provided  with  matches  and  a 
tallow  candle  by  Mr.  Brown's  family,  he  escorted  his  bride 
through  the  prairie  grass  to  that  home  of  commerce  and  piety, 
and  in  the  Minister's  study,  furnished  with  calico  hangings, 
made  his  abode  while  in  Chicago.  On  Sunday,  he  preached 
in  the  carpenter  shop  at  the  fort,  his  first  sermon  in  Illinois. 
The  text  was:  "Be  ye,  therefore,  perfect,  even  as  your  Father 
which  is  in  Heaven  is  perfect."     (St.  Matt,  v:  48.) 

In  the  winter  of  1839-40,  Mr.  Bascom  came  to  Chicago 
as  agent  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  and 
began  preaching  for  the  First  Church,  "having  been  excused 
from  traveling  over  the  Illinois  prairies  in  winter."  At  a 
meeting  of  the  Session,  held  January  21,  1840,  a  formal  call 
was  extended  to  him  to  become  the  Minister  of  the  Church : 

"Mr.  Bascom  having  vacated  the  chair,  Mr.  Carpenter  was  ap- 
pointed Moderator,  when  it  was  voted  that  a  call  be  given,  in  pursu- 
ance of  a  vote  of  the  Church  and  Congregation,  to  the  Rev.  F.  Bascom 
to  become  the  pastor  of  this  Church,  and  that  a  salary  of  Sl.OOO  be 
included  in  said  call." 

Mr.  Bascom  accepted  the  pastorate  "with  the  under- 
standing that  he  might  do  missionary  work  during  the  sum- 
mer."    He  was  installed  on  Sunday,  November  11,  1840. 

The  nine  years'  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Flavel  Bascom, 
D.  D.,  covered  a  period  of  remarkable  growth  in  the  mem- 
bership and  affairs  of  the  Church.  The  old  frame  meeting 
house  was  again  enlarged  by  increasing  its  width,  and,  as 
the  Society  was  now  in  a  condition  to  have  a  home  of  its 
own,  plans  were  under  consideration  for  a  permanent  build- 
ing. 

On  May  7,  1844,  the  Church  purchased  from  Samuel  and 
F.  A.  Russell,  all  of  Lot  One,  in  Block  Fifty-six,  Original  Town 
of  Chicago,  on  the  south  end  of  which  the  "Wooden  Church" 
was  then  standing.  Though  the  Trustees  acquired  a  front- 
age of  eighty  feet  on  Washington  street  and  one  hundred 
and  eighty  feet  on  Clark  street,  the  space  was  not  sufficient 
to  give  proper  light  and  ventilation  for  the  building  con- 
templated. An  agreement  was  thereupon  entered  into  with 
Robert  Freeman,  whereby  title  was  acquired  to  the  east 
twenty-seven  feet  of  Lot  Two,  in  Block  Fifty-six,  immediately 


30 


A   HISTORY  OF  THE 


west  of  and  adjoining  Lot  One.  The  deed  from  Freeman  to  the 
Trustees  was  recorded  December  19,  1849.  This  made  a 
total  frontage  of  one  hundred  and  seven  feet  on  Washington 
street.     The  foundations  of  the  "Brick  Church"  were  laid  in 

1847,  and,  in  September,  1849,  the  building  was  dedicated.^ 
In  the  meantime,  the  finances  of  the  Society  were  in  such  a 
condition  that  it  became  necessary  for  the  Trustees  to  sell  a 
portion  of  the  lot,  according  to  an  advertisement  which  ap- 
peared in  the  Daily  Tribune  of  July  20,  1848: 

VALUABLE  LOTS  FOR  SALE. 

The  south  fifty  feet,  fronting  on  Clark  street,  of 
lot  4  (should   be  lot   i — Author),  in   block  56,  being 
the  same  on  which  the  old  building  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  now  stands.     Terms  of  sale,  cash. 
By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Samuel  Howe,  Secretary.* 
This  piece  of  ground,  including  the  portion  of  the  east 
twenty-seven  feet  of  Lot  Two,  immediately  in  the  rear  thereof, 
was  purchased  by  Mr.   Philip  F.   W.   Peck,   November  23, 

1848,  for  $1,850,  the  deed  being  signed  by  Sylvester  Lind,^ 
Jabez  Barber,"  Sylvester  Marsh,^  R.  C.  Bristol, «  and  Clau- 
dius B.  Nelson,  Trustees. 

1  "The  cost  of  the  building  was  about  $24,000,"  says  Dr.  Mitchell,  "and  a  serious 
debt  was  incurred,  which  greatly  embarrassed  the  Society." 

'  Mr.  Samuel  Howe,  an  early  member  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade,  was  bom 
at  York,  Pa.,  December  20,  1812.  During  his  life  of  thirty  years  in  Chicago,  he  was 
an  active  worker  in  the  interests  of  a  number  of  religious,  charitable  and  educational 
institutions;  among  them  may  be  noted  the  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Northwest,  the  Half  Orphan  Asylum  and  the  Howe  Mission.  Mr.  Howe  died  in  Oak 
Park,  May  2,  1872. 

'  Mr.  Sylvester  Lind,  a  native  of  Scotland,  came  to  Chicago  in  1837,  and  for  a 
long  time  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Session 
from  May  8,  1848,  until  January  7,  1856.  He  had  charge  of  the  rebuilding  of  the 
"Wooden  Church"  on  Clark  street  (about  1842)  during  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Flavel 
Bascom.  Lind  University  was  named  for  him.  Mr.  Lind  died  at  Lake  Forest,  111., 
February  6,  1892,  aged  eighty-four. 

*  Mr.  Jabez  Barber  was  in  the  lumber  trade,  and  accumulated  a  large  fortune. 
He  was  clerk  of  the  Session  from  October  24,  1848,  until  November  29,  1849.  In 
1855,  with  his  wife  and  one  child,  he  went  to  Europe,  embarking  on  the  return  voyage 
at  Liverpool,  January  23,  1856,  on  the  ill-fated  Collins'  Line  steamer  'Pacific,"  which 
was  never  heard  from. 

'  Mr.  Sylvester  Marsh  came  to  Chicago  in  1834.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  packing 
business.  He  organized  the  White  Mountain  R.  R.  Co.  Died  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  De- 
cember 30,  1884,  aged  eighty -one. 

•  Mr.  Richard  Clarke  Bristol  was  an  early  lake  captain;  an  insurance  agent  in 
1842,  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Underwriters.  Before  that  time  he  was  engaged 
in  the  forwarding  and  commission  business  with  Mr.  Hibbard  Porter,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Bristol  &  Porter.  Mr.  Bristol  died  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  10,  1866,  aged 
fifty-eight. 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  31 

On,  or  about,  the  time  of  this  sale,  it  was  discovered  that 
the  proceedings  and  certificates  of  election  of  the  Trustees 
had  not  been  made  in  all  respects  according  to  the  statute. 
A  special  act  of  the  legislature  was  passed  February  8,  1849, 
legalizing  all  former  acts  of  the  Society,  and  declaring  Syl- 
vester Lind,  Jabez  Barber,  R.  C.  Bristol,  Sylvester  Marsh 
and  Samuel  Howe,  who  were  elected  Trustees,  February  22, 
1848,  "to  be  the  legal  successors  in  office  of  any  Trustees  of 
said  Church  and  Society  at  any  time  heretofore  elected, 
and  that  the  property  of  said  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Chicago  shall  vest  in  the  above  named  Trustees  and  their 
successors  in  office,"  etc. 

Seven  years  later  it  became  necessary  for  the  Church  to 
move  still  farther  south,  and  on  October  19,  1855,  the  Trus- 
tees entered  into  a  contract  for  the  sale  of  the  remaining 
portion  of  this  ground,  covering  the  one  hundred  and  seven, 
feet  frontage  on  Washington  street  and  the  one  hundred 
and  thirty  feet  on  Clark  street,  with  the  brick  edifice,  to  Mr. 
Hugh  Maher^  at  a  price  of  $G5,000.  Mr.  Peck  purchased 
this  contract  from  Mr.  Maher,  and  received  a  deed,  dated 
November  22,  1855,  signed  by  Charles  N.  Henderson, ^  Amzi 
Benedict,^  Claudius  B.  Nelson,  Samuel  P.  Farrington  and 
Augustus  G.  Downs,  Trustees. 

The  heirs  of  the  Peck  estate  have  kindly  given  me  the 
opportunity  of  examining  the  two  deeds  conveying  the  prop- 
erty to  Mr.  Philip  F.  W.  Peck,*  documents  prepared  by  Mr. 


1  Mr.  Hugh  Maher,  a  native  of  Ireland,  came  to  Chicago  in  1837.  He  was  one 
of  the  boldest  and  shrewdest  real  estate  operators  of  his  day.  "At  one  time,  he  owned 
the  entire  frontage  of  both  sides  of  the  Chicago  river  from  Sixteenth  street  to  Eigh- 
teenth street."     He  died  in  Hyde  Park,  January  22,  1884,  aged  sixty-six. 

2  The  name  of  Henderson  has  been  associated  with  the  boot  and  shoe  industry 
of  this  country  for  nearly  fifty  years.  Mr.  Charles  Nelson  Henderson  founded  the 
firm  of  C.  N.  Henderson  &  Co.  in  1852.  After  his  death,  January  4,  1859,  the  busi- 
ness was  carried  on  by  his  nephew  under  the  name  of  C.  M.  Henderson  &  Co. 

'  Mr.  Amzi  Benedict  of  the  firm  of  Field,  Benedict  &  Co.,  dry  goods  merchants, 
was  bom  November  14,  1826,  at  Verona,  N.  Y.;  came  to  Chicago  in  1849;  was  received 
into  the  membership  of  the  First  Church,  September  17,  1849;  died  in  Chicago,  April 
20,  1913. 

■•  Mr.  Philip  F.  W.  Peck  came  to  Chicago  in  1830,  bringing  a  stock  of  general 
merchandise.  Soon  after  his  arrival,  he  bought  the  lot  at  the  southeast  comer  of 
South  Water  and  Lake  Streets  for  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars.  On  this  lot  he 
erected  (1831)  the  first  frame  building  in  Chicago.  The  second  story  was  the  lodging 
place  and  study  of  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter. 


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A   HISTORY  OF  THE 


Peck  with  great  care.  He  wished  to  get  all  the  title  the 
Church  had,  and  that  he  might  be  sure  he  was  dealing  with 
the  people  calling  themselves  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
he  named  the  Society  in  the  body  of  the  deed  in  four  distinct 

ways: 

"The  First  Presbyterian  Church  and  Society  of  Chicago,  other- 
wise known  as, 

"The    Presbyterian  Church    and    Society  of    Chicago,   otherwise 

known  as, 

"The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago,  otherwise  known  as, 
"The  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  City  of  Chicago." 
This  property  is  now  the  site  of  the  Chicago  Opera 
House.  After  the  Society  moved  to  Wabash  avenue  in  1857, 
the  "Brick  Church"  was  used  for  various  purposes.  In  1858, 
it  was  occupied  by  the  Mechanics'  Institute.  About  the 
beginning  of  the  war,  it  was  converted  into  a  music  hall, 
known  as  Smith  &  Nixon  Hall,  and  was  a  popular  place  for 
concerts  and  lectures. 

The  "Brick  Church"  had  been  dedicated  in  September, 
1849,  and  soon  after,  the  Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  D.  D.,  sev- 
ered his  connection  wdth  the  Church.  The  Chicago  Weekly 
Democrat  of  December  4,  1849,  contains  this  paragraph: 

"On  Tuesday  evening  last,  the  Society  (First  Presbyterian 
Church)  met  and  called  the  Rev.  George  F.  Magoun,  of  Galena,  111.  Mr. 
Magoun  is  said  to  be  a  preacher  of  eminent  ability  and  fine  social 
accomplishments.  It  was  also  resolved  to  give  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bascom, 
the  late  popular  pastor,  a  friendly  call  at  his  residence  on  Madison 
between  Wells  and  Franklin  streets,  on  Monday  evening  next." 

The  Sessional  record  of  the  year  1849  ends  with  this 
note : 

"The  past  year,  full  of  mercies  and  testifying  to  the  forbearance 
and  long  suffering  of  our  Saviour,  has  closed  upon  the  history 
of  this  Church.  In  addition  to  the  numerous  vacancies  made  in  the 
Church  rolls  by  dismissions  and  deaths,  especially  by  the  awful  visi- 
tation of  cholera,  the  Church  has  to  record  the  separation  between 
themselves  and  their  esteemed  pastor,  the  Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  who  was 
dismissed  at  his  own  request  on  the  4th  of  December,  after  laboring 
among  them  with  much  acceptance  for  ten  years.  On  the  same  day 
a  call  was  forwarded  to  the  Rev.  George  F.  Magoun,  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Galena,  to  take  upon  himself  the  pastoral 
oiTiceof  this  Church;  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Walker,  late  pastor  of  the  Third 
Presbyterian  Church  of  this  city,  was  invited  to  fill  the  pulpit  ad 
interim.  (Signed)        Sam'l  Brookes,  Clerk." 


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FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  33 

The  invitation  to  Mr.  Magoun  was  followed  by  the  ap- 
pointment of  delegates  to  visit  him  and  urge  his  accept- 
ance. On  March  16,  1850,  another  invitation  was  sent  to 
Mr.  Magoun: 

"The  Church  and  Session,  having  resolved  to  send  a  second  invi- 
tation to  the  Rev.  George  F.  Magoun  to  become  pastor,  a  call  and 
letter  to  the  Church  at  Galena  were  forwarded  per  mail.  The  income 
to  be  fourteen  hundred  dollars." 

As  Mr.  Magoun's  name  does  not  appear  again  in  the 
record,  the  call  must  have  been  declined. 

The  Rev.  Harvey  Curtis  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of 
the  Church  at  a  meeting  held  Monday,  July  1,  1850: 

"Session  met  after  a  full  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Congregation, 
at  which  a  vote  was  taken,  with  but  one  dissentient  voice,  to  call  the 
Rev.  H.  Curtis,  of  Madison,  Indiana,  to  take  upon  himself  the  pas- 
toral office  of  this  Church,  with  a  salary  of  $1,500  per  annum." 

Mr.  Curtis  began  his  pastorate  August  26,  1850,  ac- 
cording to  the  record  of  a  Session  meeting  held  that  day. 

The  installation  services  of  Mr.  Curtis  are  thus  noted: 

"On  Sabbath  Day,  October  7,  1850,  the  Rev.  H.  Curtis  was  in- 
stalled as  pastor  over  this  Church.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Patterson  preached 
the  sermon,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Goss  gave  the  charge  to  the  pastor,  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Bascom  gave  the  charge  to  the  people,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Weed 
offered  the  prayer." 

The  first  part  of  Dr.  Curtis'  ministry  was  a  period  of 
trial  and  anxiety,  but  he  conducted  the  Church  through 
those  perilous  times  "with  consummate  wisdom."  "He  be- 
gan his  labors  under  difificulties.  An  embarrassing  debt  was 
on  the  Church.  There  were  painful  differences  among  the 
members  as  to  the  best  methods  of  anti-slavery  work." 

The  affairs  of  the  Society  were  in  such  a  state  at  this 
time  that  at  a  meeting  on  Thursday  evening,  September  11, 
1851,  "the  question  of  separation  and  division  of  Church 
property  was  seriously  entertained."  At  a  joint  meeting  of 
the  Session,  Trustees  and  Minister,  on  Monday  evening,  Sep- 
tember 22,  the  matter  was  finally  "left  in  the  hands  of  the 
Session,"  who  resolved,  on  October  27,  "that  a  separation 
of  the  Church  was  not  desirable  at  the  present  time." 

The  members  of  the  Church  had  very  decided  views  on 
the  subject  of  slavery,  as  may  be  seen  from  the  record  of  a 
meeting  on  January  3,  1853: 


34  A  HISTORY  OF  THE 

"The  first  Monday  in  the  New  Year  was  spent  by  the  Church  in 
religious  exercises  and  review  of  God's  dealing  with  it   during  the 

past  year. 

"The  following  declaration  of  sentiment  in  relation  to  some  of 
the  moral  questions  of  the  day,  in  which  Christian  feeling  is  deeply 
interested,  was  adopted." 

Passing  over  the  preamble,  which  declares  that,  "the 
will  of  God  as  revealed  in  the  Holy  Scriptures  is  the  only 
authoritative  and  infallible  rule  of  duty  to  all  mankind," 
and  Article  I,  which  sets  forth  the  duty  of  Christians  and 
all  philanthropists,  "to  abstain  from  and  discountenance  in 
others  all  violations  of  the  Sabbath  as  a  heaven  appointed 
day  of  rest,"  we  come  to  the  remaining  portion  of  the  "de- 
claration," the  discussion  of  which  had  for  a  long  time  threat- 
ened the  very  existence  of  the  Society: 

"Article  II.  We  regard  the  system  of  American  Slavery  as  a 
gross  invasion  of  the  natural  rights  of  man  and  a  grievous  outrage 
upon  the  principles  of  that  civil  liberty  we  enjoy  and  that  Protest- 
ant Christianity  we  profess,  a  moral  wrong  which  must  be  offensive 
to  God,  and  which  is  most  injurious  to  the  temporal  prosperity  and 
happiness  and  to  the  spiritual  well  being  of  all  connected  with  it. 
And  for  its  speedy  overthrow,  we  invoke  the  co-operation  of  all 
humane  and  philanthropic  and  Christian  people,  and  the  interposi- 
tion of  Almighty  God. 

"Article  III.  We  hold  the  recent  'Fugitive  Slave  Law'  to  be  a 
palpable  violation  of  some  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  our  Fed- 
eral and  State  Constitutions;  and  opposed  to  the  natural  promptings 
of  humanity  and  the  precepts  of  Christianity,  and  as  such  we  shall 
not  cease  to  demand  and  labor  for  its  repeal. 

"Article  IV.  We  regard  the  laws  of  this  State  in  respect  to  col- 
ored people  as  most  oppressive  and  needlessly  cruel,  and  altogether 
unworthy  of  a  free  and  generous  and  Christian  people;  and  we  will 
heartily  co-operate  in  any  wise  and  effectual  means  for  their  repeal." 

Article  V  dealt  with  the  subject  of  intemperance.  The 
members  "hailed  the  passage  of  the  'Maine  Liquor  Law'  as  a 
wise,  proper  and  effectual  means  of  suppressing  the  evil." 

In  consequence  of  dissension  on  the  slavery  question, 
twenty-six  members  withdrew  in  1842  to  form  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church. 

"During  that  time,"  said  Dr.  Patterson^  in  his  address 
at  the  Jubilee  Celebration  of  the  Second   Church  in   1892, 

>  "History  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago."  1892,  pages  269  and  270. 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  35 

"there  was  a  further  developmerit  in  the  Church  of  extreme 
abolitionism  and  of  sympathy  with  what  was  then  styled 
Oberlin  Perfectionism,   which  led  to  a  distmct  and  visible 
growth  of  aggressive  and  conservative  parties.       It  led  to 
the  inauguration  of  "a  movement  for  the  estabhshment  of 
a  second  Church,  where  the  more  conservative  Presbyterian 
families  of  the  city  might  find  and  enjoy  a  quiet,  religious 
home  suited  to  their  wishes  and  wants."       I   have  said, 
continued  Dr.  Patterson,  "that  the  Second  Church  was.  at 
first   conservative   in    regard   to    the   slavery    question   and 
Christian  doctrine.     It  was,  however,  always  decidedly  anti- 
slavery,  averse  to  revolutionary  action  on  that  subject.     On 
these  accounts  the  Minister  and  the  Church  were  denounced 
from  the  beginning  as  pro-slavery,  and  it  was  openly  claimed 
that  all  the  piety  remained  in  the  mother  Church. 

Then  came  the  rupture  between  Congregationahsrn  and 
Presbyterianism,  resulting  in  the  withdrawal  in  1852  of  forty- 
ei.ht  members  from  the  First  Church  for  the  organization 
December  1,  of  Plymouth  Congregational  Church  At  that 
critical  epoch,"  said  Dr.  Patterson,  "it  was  confidently  pre- 
dicted that  in  ten  years  there  would  not  be  a  Presbyterian 
Church  left  in  Chicago.  But  this  intense  denominational 
feehng  soon  abated,  and  Christian  comity  prevailed,  as  it 
has  continued  to  do  ever  since." 

The  withdrawals  from  the  First  Church  continued  until 
the  membership  had  decreased  from  456  to  254.    May  not  the 
"declaration  of  sentiment"  of  January  3,  1853,  be  regarded  as  a 
shout  of  victory  from  the  survivors,  who,  having  routed  all 
their  opponents,  were  now  in  undisputed  possession  of  the  field . 
Relieved  of  all  disturbing  elements,  the  Church  entered 
once  more  on  a  season  of  prosperity,  and  was  greatly  blessed 
during  the  remaining  years  of  the  pastorate  of  Dr    Curtis 
The  membership,  which  had  been  depleted  fully  one -half  by 
this   "period  of  strife  and  rebuke,"   was  increased     m  the 
winter  and  spring  of  1852  by  a  gentle  but  precious  season  of 
spiritual  refreshing."  ^^ 

The  "Brick  Church"  was  sold  because  "it  was  found 
said  Dr.  Humphrey,^  "that  the  location  was  not  good,  the 

TTT^torical  Sketch."  by  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey.  D.D..  1867.  page  5. 


36 


A   HISTORY  OF  THE 


surrounding  population  being  driven  away  by  the  encroach- 
ments of  business,  and  the  place  becoming  constantly  more 
and  more  dusty  and  noisy.  At  the  same  time  an  increase 
of  Church  sittings  was  needed  to  supply  the  wants  of  the 
rapidly  increasing  population."  It  was  decided,  after  pay- 
ing the  outstanding  indebtedness,  to  "divide  the  proceeds  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  secure  the  speedy  erection  of  three 
Church  buildings  in  the  three  divisions  of  our  city.  This 
plan  was  carried  out  with  the  generous  hope  that  the  mem- 
bers on  the  West  Side  would  unite  with  the  Third  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  those  on  the  North  Side  with  the  West- 
minster, now  the  Fourth  Church." 

On  November  6,  1855,  the  Trustees— Charles  N.  Hender- 
son, Claudius  B.  Nelson,  Samuel  P.  Farrington,  Augustus 
Gay  Downs  and  Amzi  Benedict — purchased  from  Mr.  Carlton 
Drake,  the  north  half  of  Lot  Eight  in  Block  Ten,  in  Fractional 
Section  Fifteen  Addition  to  Chicago.  Six  months  later,  to  a 
day.  May  6,  1856,  Mr.  Austin  Goodrich  conveyed  to  the  same 
Trustees  the  south  half  of  said  Lot  Eight,  making  a  total  front- 
age of  eighty  feet  on  Wabash  avenue.^  The  cost  of  the 
entire  property  was  about  $12,500. 

The  new  edifice  w^as  commenced  in  1856,  and  com- 
pleted in  October,  1857,  under  the  supervision  of  Boyington 
&  Wheelock,  architects.-  The  Chicago  Daily  Press  of  Fri- 
day, October  16,   1857,  gives  the  following  account  of  the 

'  This  property  is  now  known  as  tiie  premises  Xos.  426-434  So.  Wabash  avenue . 
In  1872  the  Church  had  the  opportunity  of  selling  this  land  at  SSO.OOO,  cash,  but  de- 
clined the  offer,  to  accept  one  of  $100,000,  of  which  520,000  was  in  cash  and  SSO.OOO 
in  deferred  payments.  It  was  the  expectation  at  the  time  (1872)  that  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  this  property  would  pay  the  cost  of  the  new  edifice  at  the  comer  of  Indi- 
ana avenue  and  Twenty-first  street.  But  the  purchaser  could  not  even  pay  the  inter- 
est on  the  deferted  payments,  and  the  property,  after  some  years,  reverted  to  the 
Society.  In  the  meantime  a  mortgage  of  $70,000  had  to  be  raised  on  the  Indiana 
avenue  edifice  for  its  completion.  The  Wabash  avenue  lot  was  finally  sold  in  1880  at 
about  S400  per  front  foot.  As  an  evidence  of  the  enormous  growth  in  real  estate 
values  within  the  last  fifteen  years,  the  south  forty  feet  (one-half  of  the  old  Church 
lot)  was  sold  in  1897  for  $150,000. 

'Mr.  W.  W.  Boyington  was  bom  July  18,  1822,  in  Southwick,  Mass.,  came  to 
Chicago  in  1853,  and  died  at  Highland  Park,  111.,  October  16,  1898.  He  built  the 
St.  Paul's  Universalist  Church  (1856),  First  Presbyterian  Church  (1857),  Wabash 
avenue  M.  E.  Church  (1858),  and  in  later  years  the  Board  of  Trade,  Exposition  Build- 
ing, Columbus  Memorial  and  other  important  buildings.  He  was  Chicago's  first  pro- 
fessional architect. 

Mr.  Otis  Leonard  \\Tieelock  died  at  San  Jose,  Cal.,  January  23,  1893,  aged  seventy- 
seven. 


THIRD   PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 
West  Washington  Street  (1870). 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  37 

dedicatory  services,  which  took  place  on  the  previous  even- 
ing: 

"There  was  an  impressive  sermon  by  the  pastor,  Dr.  Curtis. 
Mr.  W.  H.  Currie,  the  accomplished  organist  of  St.  Paul's,  brought 
out  the  power  of  the  fine  organ  in  a  striking  manner.  Although  the 
weather  was  unfavorable,  there  was  a  large  audience  present.  The 
house  is  finely  lighted  by  day  through  the  rich  stained  glass  windows 
in  the  ceiling,  and  the  effect  of  gas  light  on  the  interior  at  night  is 
the  finest  possible." 

The  same  paper  on  Monday,  October  19,  1857,  gives 
further  details  of  the  interior  finish: 

"The  pulpit  is  located  in  front  of  the  organ  gallery  (at  the  west 
end  of  the  Church),  semi-octagon  in  form,  and  is  grained  in  imitation 
of  English  oak.  The  case,  or  screen,  is  executed  in  the  same  style  of 
architecture  as  the  other  parts  of  the  house,  and  was  designed  by  the 
architect  to  fill  the  place  arranged  for  it.  The  instrument  was  built 
by  the  well  known  firm  of  Hall  &  Labagh,  of  New  York  City." 

The  Daily  Press  closes  its  article  on  the  description  of 
the  Church,  with  this  notice  from  the  Trustees,  regarding 
the  sale  of  pews  to  be  held  on  the  evening  of  October  19: 

"In  view  of  the  favorable  circumstances  of  the  Society  and  the 
present  stringency  in  monetary  affairs,  and  wishing  to  place  it  within 
the  means  of  every  member  of  the  Society  to  purchase  a  seat,  the 
Trustees  are  induced  to  offer  the  most  favorable  terms:  ten  per  cent 
cash,  ten  per  cent  in  three  months,  five  per  cent  in  six  months,  and 
the  balance  in  one,  two  and  three  years  from  day  of  sale,  with  inter- 
est at  ten  per  cent.     The  prices  of  pews  range  from  $25  to  $800." 

The  total  cost  of  the  land,  building,  organ  and  furnish- 
ings was  about  $135,000. 

Early  in  the  year  1858,  Dr.  Curtis  was  elected  President 
of  Knox  College  at  Galesburg,  111.,  and  on  the  evening  of 
June  8,  his  resignation  as  Minister  was  laid  before  a  meeting 
of  the  Church  and  Congregation.  A  resolution  offered  by  Mr. 
E.  S.  Wells  was  imanimously  adopted: 

"That  in  reviewing  the  past  eight  years  of  Christian  labor, 
counsel  and  fellowship,  under  the  leadership  of  Dr.  Curtis,  we  can 
see  how  kindly  have  been  the  dealings  of  God  with  us,  in  giving  us 
one  so  pre-eminently  qualified  as  an  expounder  of  the  Bible,  a  faith- 
ful and  affectionate  pastor  and  sympathetic  friend." 

The  members  of  the  Church  and  Congregation  met  on 
Monday  evening,  July  12,  1858,  the  late  Minister,  the  Rev.  Har- 
vey Curtis,  D.  D.,  acting  as  Moderator,  and  Mr.  J.  H.  Brown 


4GS865 


38 


A   HISTORY  OF  THE 


as  Secretary,  and  unanimously  adopted  a  resolution  offered 
by  Mr.  S.  H.  Pierson: 

"That  the  Session  be  and  are  hereby  authorized  to  extend  an 
unanimous  call  to  the  Rev.  Theodore  L.  Cuyler,  of  New  York  City, 
to  become  the  pastor  of  this  Church." 

The  Session  and  Trustees  met  on  the  following  evening, 
July  13,  and  appointed  Mr.  E.  S.  Wells  and  Mr.  Henry  E. 
Seelye  a  committee  to  visit  the  Rev.  Theodore  L.  Cuyler  and 
tender  him  the  call.  At  the  next  meeting,  Monday  even- 
ing, September  6,  the  committee  made  a  report  that  it  was 
doubtful  if  Mr.  Cuyler  would  accept  the  pastorate  of  this 
Church,  whereupon  a  resolution  offered  by  Dr.  R.  C.  Hamill 
was  adopted : 

"That  the  Rev.  Theodore  L.  Cuyler  be  advised  of  the  unanimity 
of  this  Church  in  the  continuance  of  the  call,  and  that  a  committee 
of  five  be  appointed  to  draft  a  series  of  resolutions  expressive  of  the 
sense  of  this  meeting." 

A  committee  was  thereupon  appointed,  consisting  of 
H.  T.  Wilson,  Dr.  R.  Ludlam,^  J.  W.  Smith,  J.  M.  Mather  and 
George  W.  Perkins,^  who  brought  in  a  report  before  the  close 
of  the  evening,  which  was  in  substance: 

"That  the  committee  heretofore  appointed  to  confer  with  Mr. 
Cuyler  be  continued,  and  that  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  convey 
to  him  the  unanimous,  the  unqualified  and  earnest  assurance  of  this 
Church  and  Congregation  that  it  is  their  sincere  and  fervent  desire 
to  obtain  an  early  acceptance  of  their  call. 

"Resolved,  That  it  is  still  the  unanimous  conviction  of  this 
Church  that  God  in  His  Providence  has  designed  the  Rev.  Theodore 
L.  Cuyler  to  be  its  pastor." 

In  the  meantime,  the  Session,  at  a  meeting,  September 
20,  invited  the  Rev.  S.  S.  Smith  to  serve  as  tem.porary  supply 
for  three  months  or  less,  commencing  October  1,  with  a  sal- 
ary at  the  rate  of  $2,000  per  annum. 

'  Dr.  Reuben  Ludlam,  Sr..  President  of  Hahnemann  College  and  a  celebrated 
surgeon,  was  born  in  Camden,  N.  J.,  in  1831;  died  in  Chicago,  April  29.  1899.  Mrs. 
Ludlam  was  received  into  the  membership  of  the  First  Church,  January  4,  1862;  died 
September  16,  1900,  in  Chicago. 

2  Mr.  George  W.  Perkins  was  admitted  to  membership  in  the  First  Church,  March 
9.  1858.  He  was  the  second  Superintendent  (1868)  of  Railroad  Mission,  then  on 
Gnswold  street.  He  was  born  December  25,  1833,  in  Meadville.  Pa.;  died  March 
29,  1886,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  His  son,  Mr.  George  Walbridge  Perkins,  the  financier 
and  partner  for  many  years  in  the  banking  firm  of  J.  P.  Morgan  &  Co.,  New  York 
City,  was  bom  in  Chicago,  January  31.  1862. 


CHoRCK  W     PKKKIXS. 


I 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  39 

Monday  evening,  September  27,  the  original  committee 
who  were  appointed  to  wait  upon  Mr.  Cuyler,  appeared  be- 
fore the  Church  and  Congregation  and  reported: 

"We  have  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Cuyler,  in  which  he  states 
that,  having  again  taken  the  matter  into  prayerful  consideration, 
and  carefully  weighed  the  importance  of  the  two  fields,  he  was  still 
of  the  opinion  that  the  interests  of  Christ's  kingdom  at  large  could 
and  would  be  better  promoted  without  a  change  of  field,  and  that 
he  must  therefore  decline  the  call  which  had  been  extended  to  him." 

The  name  of  the  Rev.  John  G.  Atterbury,  of  New  Albany, 
Ind.,  was  then  presented  by  Mr.  G.  H.  Hazelton  as  one  in 
every  way  qualified  to  become  Minister  of  the  Church. 

Mr.  S.  H.  Pierson  suggested  the  name  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Burchard,  of  New  York  City,  as  a  candidate  for  the  pas- 
torate. 

A  ballot  was  then  taken,  resulting  in  eighty-seven  votes 
being  cast,  of  which  thirty-three  were  for  the  Rev.  J.  G. 
Atterbury,  and  fifty-four  were  blanks. 

A  resolution  offered  by  Mr.  C.  A.  Norton  shows  that 
the  people  had  hopes  of  yet  securing  Mr.  Cuyler: 

"That  the  original  committee  be  requested  to  again  confer  with 
Mr.  Cuyler,  and,  furthermore,  that  they  earnestly  entreat  Mr.  Cuy- 
ler to  visit  the  Church  before  the  matter  is  entirely  dismissed  from 
his  mind,  and  to  see  for  himself  what  are  the  wants  of  the  Church." 

"Early  in  the  month  of  October,"  says  Mr.  Henry  M. 
Curtis,  "Mr.  Cuyler  came  out  from  New  York  City  and 
preached  for  us.    The  Church  was  crowded  at  each  service." 

The  committee  reported  October  18: 

"That  they  had  conferred  with  Mr.  Cuyler,  and  that  there  was 
no  hope  of  his  accepting  the  pastorate  of  the  Church." 

A  resolution  ofifered  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Smith  was  then 
adopted : 

"We  do  still  believe  that  God  has  some  good  man  in  reserve  for 
this  Church,  and  that  the  only  way  to  secure  a  permanent  pastor  is 
to  refer  the  matter  to  the  Session,  and  when  they  are  able  to  recom- 
mend the  name  of  one  who  will  not  only  be  acceptable  to  our  whole 
Church,  but  who  also  manifests  a  willingness  to  accept  the  call,  that 
they  invite  him  to  preach  before  the  Congregation." 

Monday  evening,  April  4,  1859,  Mr.  F.  V.  Chamber- 
lain, on  behalf  of  the  Session,  reported  that  they  had  con- 
ferred with  the  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey  of  Milwaukee;  that  as  a 


40 


A   HISTORY  OF  THE 


committee  they  had  heard  him  preach,  and  that  they  were 
of  the  opinion  that  "the  best  interests  of  the  Church  and  the 
cause  of  Christ  would  be  consulted  by  sending  a  call  to  Mr. 
Humphrey." 

An  informal  ballot  was  then  taken,  resulting  in  Mr. 
Humphrey  receiving  all  but  seven  votes.  On  the  regular 
ballot  which  followed,  he  was  unanimously  chosen  Minister 
and  "his  salary  fixed  at  S3,000  per  annum."  He  began  his 
labors  May  15,  1859. 

During  the  ministry  of  Dr.  Humphrey,  the  towers  of  the 
Church  building  on  Wabash  avenue  were  completed.  On 
March  27,  1864,  a  new  brick  and  stone  building  for  the  use 
of  the  Railroad  Mission,  erected  at  a  cost  of  about  S18,000, 
was  appropriately  dedicated.  The  building  stood  on  the  east 
side  of  Griswold  street,  on  the  premises  (old  Nos.)  48  and  50 
Pacific  avenue.  A  new  chapel  was  built  at  45  and  47  (old 
Nos.)  Congress  street,  and  was  dedicated  Sunday  evening, 
June  2,  18G7,  the  services  consisting  of  the  usual  opening  ex- 
ercises, followed  by  addresses  from  Dr.  Humphrey,  Mr. 
Leonard  Swett,  Mr.  E.  S.  Wells  and  others. 

On  the  morning  of  that  day,  June  2,  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church  celebrated  the  Twenty-Fifth  Anniversary  of  the 
foundation  of  their  Church  and  the  installation  of  its  first, 
and,  up  to  that  time,  only  Minister,  the  Rev.  Robert  W. 
Patterson,  D.  D. 

Dr.  Humphrey  tendered  his  resignation  Monday  even- 
ing, February  3,  18G8,  to  accept  a  call  from  Calvary  Church, 
Philadelphia.  After  the  reading  and  acceptance  of  his  letter 
of  resignation,  on  motion  of  Mr.  E.  S.  Wells,  a  resolution  was 
passed  requesting  the  Presbytery  "to  dissolve  the  ecclesias- 
tical relations  so  long  and  pleasantly  existing  between  the 
people  and  the  pastor  of  this  Church,  for  the  reasons  repre- 
sented by  him." 

^Ir.  S.  P.  Farrington^  suggested  "that  the  salary  of  the 
Minister  be  continued  for  a  term  of  six  months  after  his 

•  Mr.  Samuel  Putnam  Farrington  was  bom  at  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  January  29, 
1819.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  1850.  and  founded  a  wholesale  grocery  business,  con- 
tinumg  m  that  line  until  1884.  when  he  removed  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.  He  was  re- 
ceived .nto  the  membership  of  the  Church.  July  5.  1862;   died  at  Minneapolis.  AprU 


WABASH   AVENUE   M    E.  CHURCH  tl859i. 
W.  Corner  of  Harrison  Street,  with  the  First  Presbyterian  and  St.  Pauls 
Universalist  Churches  in  the  Distance. 
From  the  Collection  of  Mr.  Frank  W.  Smith. 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  41 

leave,  to  give  him  a  chance  to  recuperate  his  health  before 
entering  upon  his  new  pastorate."  This  was  modified  by 
Mr.  J.  W.  Smith :i 

"Resolved,  That  the  salary  of  our  Minister,  the  Rev.  Z.  M.  Hum- 
phrey, D.  D.,  be  continued  for  six  months  from  March  1,  on  condi- 
tion that  he  does  not  enter  upon  his  new  pastorate,  for  continued 
active  service,  until  after  that  time  (September  1)." 

On  motion  of  Mr.  E.  V.  Robbins,  this  resolution  was 
adopted  unanimously. 

The  particulars  regarding  the  call  to  the  Rev.  Arthur 
Mitchell,  to  become  the  next  Minister  of  the  Church,  are  set 
forth  in  the  records  of  the  Session.  At  a  meeting  of  the  So- 
ciety, July  10,  1868,  Messrs.  Allen, ^  Brooks,^  Robbins,*  and 
Walker  were  appointed  a  committee  to  act  with  the  Session, 
in  selecting  a  Minister.  Several  names  were  offered  for  con- 
sideration, prominent  among  them  being  that  of  the  Rev. 
Arthur  Mitchell,  of  Morristown,  N.  J.  The  committee  vis- 
ited Morristown,  heard  Mr.  Mitchell  preach,  and,  after  care- 
ful consideration  of  his  qualifications,  agreed  in  recommend- 
ing him  as  their  choice.  A  unanimous  call  was  according- 
ly extended  to  Mr.  Mitchell  by  the  Church,  to  become  its 
Minister,  at  a  salary  of  $5,000  per  year,  with  an  annual  va- 
cation of  six  weeks  and  an  allowance  of  $1,000  to  defray 
expenses  in  removal. 

Mr.  Mitchell  visited  Chicago  before  coming  to  a  decision, 
and  on  August  24,  wrote  his  letter  of  acceptance.  He  began 
his  labors  October  25,  the  installation  services  taking  place 
on  November  10,  following.  He  came  to  Chicago  at  a  time 
when  all  branches  of  the  Church  work  were  in  a  prosperous 
condition.     Greater  interest  was  taken  in  the  Sunday  School 

1  Mr.  Joseph  W.  Smith,  for  at  least  forty  years  an  Elder  in  this  Church,  was  re- 
ceived into  its  membership,  March  10,  1856.  He  was  for  twenty  years  manager  of 
the  Erie  Fast  Freight  Line;  later  associated  with  the  Alton  R.  R.  Mr.  Smith  died  at 
Riverside,  Ul.,  February  10,  1906;   Mrs.  Smith  died  at  Riverside,  111.,  April   13,   1913. 

2  Mr.  William  T.  Allen  was  a  Trustee  of  the  Church  and  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Music,  from  1861  to  1870;  died  May  18,   1891. 

3  Mr.  Joseph  P.  Brooks  came  to  Chicago  in  1854,  and  identified  himself  with  the 
Church  in  1864.  For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  was  Treasurer  of  the  Church.  He  died  suddenly  June  28,  1873, 
aged  forty-seven.  The  pallbearers  at  his  funeral  on  June  30,  were  Dr.  Hitchcock, 
Addison  Ballard,  D.  W.  Irwin,  Frank  C.  Wells,  Solomon  A.  Smith  and  John  C.  Dore. 

*  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  V.  Robbins  now  (1900)  reside  in  San  Francisco,  and  are  mem- 
bers of  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church  of  that  city. 


42 


,4   HISTORY  OF 


and  missions  during  the  three  years  which  followed  his  ar- 
rival than  at  any  time  since.  In  1868  the  Church  supported 
five  mission  schools— the  Railroad,  Foster,  Sands,  Indiana 
street  and  Archer  avenue— all  of  which,  except  the  Railroad 
Mission,  have  since  been  transferred  to  the  care  of  other 
Churches.  The  Church  school  (1868-1871)  numbered 
from  325  to  375  in  regular  attendance,  and  the  Railroad 
Chapel  School  from  1868  to  the  time  of  the  fire  had  an  aver- 
age attendance  of  about  1,000. 

The  records  of  the  Session  contain  this  note  regarding 
the  destruction  of  the  Church  on  Wabash  avenue  in  the  great 
fire  of  October,  1871: 

"On  Sunday,  October  8,  a  collection  was  taken  in  the  Church  for 
the  benefit  of  the  sufferers  from  a  severe  conflagration  which  had 
visited  the  West  Side  on  Saturday  night.  It  was  Communion  Sun- 
day; none  realized  that  it  was  the  last  one  in  the  old  Church,  around 
which  so  many  precious  memories  clustered.  That  night  a  fire 
broke  out  in  the  West  Division,  crossed  to  the  South  Side,  and  then 
to  the  North,  destroying  a  large  portion  of  the  city.  Early  on  Mon- 
day morning  our  beautiful  Church  home,  as  well  as  its  beautiful 
Chapel  and  the  Railroad  Mission  Chapel,  was  destroyed.  Nothing 
was  saved  but  the  records  of  the  Church,  the  Communion  service 
and  the  Sexton  Library."  ^^ 


TAMES  OTIS. 


; 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  43 


THE  CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

When  my  father,  Mr.  James  Otis,  came  to  Chicago  with 
his  family  in  1857,  we  attended  during  the  first  year  the  South 
Congregational  Church,  then  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Calu- 
met avenue  and  Twenty-sixth  street.  The  car  works  of  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  were  at  the  foot  of  Twenty-sixth 
street,  between  South  Park  avenue  and  the  lake.  The  little 
settlement  of  homes,  stores  and  Churches  which  grew  up 
about  the  works,  was  called  Carville.  In  the  following  year 
my  father  made  the  acquaintance  of  the  Rev.  J.  Ambrose 
Wight,  ^  Minister  of  the  Olivet  Presbyterian  Church,  then  at 
the  northwest  corner  of  Wabash  avenue  and  Twelfth  street. 
We  had  a  pew  in  Olivet  Church  for  a  year  or  more,  until  the 
project  of  forming  a  new  Presbyterian  Church  (Calvary)  be- 
gan to  take  definite  shape,  an  enterprise  in  which  my  parents 
were  greatly  interested. 

The  records  of  Calvary  Church,  now  in  my  possession, 
show  that  the  first  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  organization 
was  held  at  the  Chicago  Orphan  Asylum  on  Michigan 
avenue,  on  the  evening  of  June  20,  1859.  Mr.  Ebenezer 
Jenkins  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  Mr.  James  Otis  was 
appointed  Secretary.  The  meeting  adopted  a  resolution  to 
this  effect: 

"That  in  view  of  the  rapid  increase  of  the  population;  in  view  of 
the  number  of  professing  Christians  and  of  those  who  are  not,  who 
have  all  expressed  a  wish  that  a  Presbyterian  Church  should  be 
organized  in  this  part  of  the  city;  duty  to  the  Head  of  the  Church, 
ourselves,  our  families  and  the  many  around  us,  demands  the  organi- 
zation of  this  Church  at  the  earliest  practicable  moment." 

On  motion,  the  Rev.  F.  W.  Graves,  Mr.  Joseph  Meeker 
and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Jenkins  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
ascertain  the  names  of  all  who  were  desirous  of  uniting  in 
this  organization,  whether  as  members  of  other  Churches  or 
on  profession  of  their  faith. 

On  July  15,  another  meeting  w^as  held  for  the  purpose 
of  preparing  a  petition  to  the  Presbytery  for  authority  to 
organize    the    Church.     At    this    meeting    Messrs.    Ebenezer 

1  The  Rev.  J.  Ambrose  Wight  removed  from  Chicago  to  Bay  City,  Mich.,  in  1864, 
and  died  there,  November  14,  1889,  aged  seventy-eight. 


44  A   HISTORY  OF 

Jenkins,  Bennett  B.  Chambers  and  James  Otis  were  elected 

Elders, 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Presbytery,  held  in  the 
Chicago  Orphan  Asylum,  July  19,  a  petition  was  pre- 
sented, signed  by  Mr.  James  Otis  and  thirty-four  other  per- 
sons, asking  that  the  new  Presbyterian  Church  be  organized 
under  the  name  of  the  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church.  A 
number  of  persons  presented  letters  of  dismissal  and  recom- 
mendation from  other  Churches,  as  worthy  of  membership 
in  the  new  Church : 

FROM  THE  OLIVET  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  CHICAGO. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bennett  B.  Chambers.' 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Meeker. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Otis. 
Miss  Mary  Clark. 

from  the  south  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  CHICAGO. 

Mr.  AND  Mrs.  Joseph  Johnson. 
Miss  Maria  Johnson. 

from  the  first  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  CHICAGO. 

Mrs.  Ellen  Sloan, 
Miss  Maria  h.  Elmers. 

from  THE  SECOND  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,   CHICAGO. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Hamlin. 

from  the  north  presbyterian  church,  buffalo,  n.  y. 

Mr.  AND  Mrs.  William  P.  Sloan. 

FROM    THE    first    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH,    HORNELLSVILLE,    N.    V. 

Mrs.  Susan  E.  Graves. 

from  the  third  presbyterian  church,  chicago. 

Mr.  AND  Mrs.  Ebenezer  Jenkins.^ 

FROM  THE  SOUTH  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH,  CHICAGO. 

Mr.  AND  Mrs.  Jesse  B.  Langdon. 
Among  those  who  afterward  became  identified  with  the 
Church  were: 


'  Mr.  Bennett  B.  Chambers  died  in  Chicago,  March  29,  1868.  Mrs.  Mary  Eliza 
Chambers  died  in  Chicago,  April  28.  1894. 

*  Elder  Ebenezer  Jenkins  was  the  grandson  of  Captain  Ebenezer  Jenkins,  of  Col. 
Freeman's  Cape  Cod  regiment,  who  was  one  of  the  members  of  the  first  legislature  of 
the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  the  fifth  Ebenezer  in  this  family, 
descended  from  John  Jenkins,  who  settled  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  in  1834.  He  was  a  man 
of  marked  piety,  and  from  a  Pilgrim  line.  Elder  Jenkins  died  in  Chicago,  October  9, 
1873.  This  information  is  furnished  by  his  nephew,  the  Rev.  H.  D.  Jenkins,  D.  D., 
pastor  (1900)  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  now  (1913) 
editor  of  the  Presbyterian  paper  "Great  Lakes." 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  45 

Mr.  George  G.  Allen  (died  November  24,  1891),  Mr.  and 
Mrs,  John  Ailing,^  Dr.  and  Mrs.  George  K.  Amerman.  (Dr. 
Amerman  was  an  Elder;  died  June,  1869.) 

Mr.  William  M.  Baker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  N.  Barker, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  F.  Bacon,  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza  Bowers,  Mrs. 
Harriet  M.  Buell,  Mrs.  Betsy  Boilvin, 

Mr.  George  A.  Chambers  (died  October  19,  1895),  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  George  K.  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  W.  Carring- 
ton,  Mr.  John  M.  Clark. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  C.  Durand,-  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 
E.  Durand,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Calvin  Durand,  Miss  Dellenbaugh. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  M.  Gilchrist  (Mr.  Gilchrist  died 
October  10,  1883),  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Gilbert,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Griswold,  Mr.  Edward  P.  Griswold  (died  January 
18,  1899),  Mr.  William  O.  Goodman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  L. 
Grey. 

Mrs.  Nancy  B.  Hawes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Hollings- 
worth,^  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  M.  Howe,  Mrs.  Jane  A.  Hurlbut. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  W.  Irwin. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  A.  Jones,  Miss  Harriet  G.  Jones 
(afterward  Mrs.  N.  Henry  Sabin,  of  Williamstown,  Mass.). 

Mrs.  Jane  Lancaster,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Lord. 

Mr.  Townsend  MacCoun,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willard  F.  My- 
rick  and  Miss  Mary  Myrick. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  O.  S.  Newell,  Miss  Harriet  Newell,  Mrs. 
Julia  A.  Newell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  F.  Nickson,  Hon.  and  Mrs. 
Jesse  O.  Norton,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  B.  Newkirk. 

^  Mr.  John  Ailing  of  the  firm  of  Markley,  AUing  &  Co.,  hardware  merchants,  came 
to  Chicago  in  1863,  from  Madison,  Indiana.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church,  at  the  time  of  the  consolidation  with  the  First 
Church.  From  1885  to  1897,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  First 
Church.     Mr.  Ailing  died  April  4,  1900,  at  his  residence.  No.  2207  Calumet  avenue. 

2  Mr.  Henry  Clay  Durand  was  bom  March  1,  1827.  in  Clintonville,  N.  Y.;  came  to 
Chicago  in  1852.  and  in  1859  established  the  wholesale  grocery  firm  of  Durand  Bros.; 
later,  Durand  &  Kasper.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  President  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  Lake  Forest  University.  Mr.  Durand  was  a  Trustee  of  Calvarj'  Church 
and  a  member  of  the  building  committee.  His  death  occurred  at  Highland  Park, 
Illinois,  September  2,  1901. 

Mr.  Durand's  brothers,  Charles  Edward  and  Calvin,  associated  with  him  in  busi- 
ness, were  also  natives  of  Clintonville.  N.  Y.  Charles,  bom  May  27,  1832,  died  at  Lake 
Forest,  Illinois.  April  9,  1894;  Calvin,  bom  May  7,  1840,  died  at  Lake  Forest,  October 
31,  1911. 

3  Mr.  James  HoUingsworth  was  bom  October  3,  1811,  at  Wilmington,  Del.;  came 
to  Chicago  in  September,  1849.  He  was  elected  an  Elder  in  the  First  Church,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1853.  Later  he  withdrew  to  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  and  was  elected 
an  Elder  in  that  Society,  July  27,  1859.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  HoUingsworth  were  dismissed, 
by  letter,  from  the  Third  Church.  July  30,  1869,  and  admitted  to  the  membership  of 
the  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church.  After  the  consohdation  of  this  Church  with  the 
First  Church.  Mr.  HoUingsworth  was  again  elected  an  Elder,  continuing  in  office  until 
his  death,  January  25,  1889. 


46  A   HISTORY  OF 

Mr  and  Mrs.  Frederick  R.  Otis,  Miss  Delia  Otis  (after- 
ward Mrs  Henry  H.  Deming),  Miss  Lurena  B.  Otis  (afterward 
Mrs.  C.  H.  Starkweather),  Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  Mr.  Charles 
Tillinghast  Otis. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry.  E.  Philhps. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leander  Reed,  Dr.  George  C.  Reynolds, 
Mrs   M.  F.  Ripley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Junius  Rogers. 

Prof,  and  Mrs.  Alonzo  Jesse  Sawyer, ^  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Georcre  Atwell  Springer  (Mr.  Springer  died  February  10, 
ISOQ^  aged  eighty-three),  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Stewart, 
Mr.  and^Irs.  John  B.  Sherman  and  Miss  Margaret  Sherman, 
(afterward  Mrs.  D.  H.  Burnham). 

Mr.2  and  Mrs.  B.  W.  Thomas  and  Miss  Thomas. 

Mr!  and  Mrs.  A.  WalUngford,  Mr.  H.  J.  Wallingford, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  M.  Wilmarth  (Mr.  Wilmarth  died  February 
27,  1885),  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Wright,  Mr.  Albert  Wilcox, 
Mr.  Philo  Adams  Wilbor,  Mr.^*  and  Mrs.  Henry  Wood. 

For  a  year  or  more,  the  members  of  the  new  Church 
worshipped  in  the  school  room  of  the  Orphan  Asylum. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  members  of  Calvary  Presbyterian 
Church  of  South  Chicago,  Monday  evening,  July  25,  1859,  in 
the  Chicago  Orphan  Asylum,  five  Trustees  were  elected  to 
hold  office  until  July  1,  1861;  Joseph  Meeker,  Joseph  John- 
son, John  T.  Morris,  Benjamin  F.  Brookfield  and  James  Otis. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  William  Graves,  first  Minister  of 
Calvary  Church,  was  born  at  Leverett,  Mass.,  March  9,  1805. 
His  father.  Colonel  Rufus  Graves,  was  one  of  the  founders 

1  Mr.  Alonzo  Jesse  Sawyer,  professor  of  mathematics  and  astronomy  in  the  old 
University  of  Chicago  (1859  to  about  1870),  was  bom  in  1819  at  Crown  Point,  Essex 
County,  New  York.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  1853,  and  was  engaged  as  principal  of 
an  English  classical  and  high  school,  which  met  in  the  basement  of  the  "Brick  Church" 
(comer  of  Washington  and  Clark  streets).  This  school  had  been  organized  two  or 
three  years  previously,  and  its  first  teacher  was  Mr.  D.  H.  Temple.  Professor  Sawyer 
was  an  Elder  in  Calvar>'  Church,  a  member  of  the  Music  Committee,  and  having  a  pro- 
found knowledge  of  the  Bible,  taught  the  Bible  class  for  several  years.  Hon.  Philetus 
Sawyer,  ex-senator  from  Wisconsin,  was  his  brother.  Mr.  Elihu  Burritt,  the  reformer 
and  "learned  blacksmith,"  who  died  November  10,  1879,  was  his  brother-in-law.  Pro- 
fessor Sawyer  died  in  Chicago,  September  16,  1882. 

'Mr.  Benjamin  W'alter  Thomas  was  bom  in  Stafford,  N.  Y.,  August  22,  1821; 
came  to  Chicago  in  1841;  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Westminster  Presbyterian 
Church  (1855);  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade;  in  1862,  was  Quarter- 
master of  the  Seventy-second  (Board  of  Trade)  Regiment;  died  in  Chicago,  January. 
1905. 

'  Mr.  Henry  Wood,  leader  of  the  music  (1863-1866)  in  the  Sunday  School  of  Cal- 
vary Church,  was  bom  January  16,  1834,  at  Barre,  Vt.;  came  to  Chicago  in  1863;  re- 
moved to  Boston,  1882.  He  retired  from  mercantile  life  to  become  an  author,  publish- 
ing "God's  Image  in  Man";  "Studies  in  the  Thought  World";  "Life  More  Abundant". 
and  other  works.     Mr.  Wood  died  March  28,  1909,  at  Brookline,  Mass. 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  47 

(1825)  of  Amherst  College,  and  it  was  for  him  the  Graves 
professorship  was  named.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  Dr. 
Zephaniah  Moore,  for  whom  the  Rev.  Zephaniah  Moore  Hum- 
phrey was  named,  was  the  first  President  of  Amherst,  and 
that  the  Rev.  Frederick  William  Graves  was  a  member  of 
the  first  class  graduated  from  this  honored  institution.  After 
leaving  college,  he  spent  eighteen  months  in  teaching,  and,  in 
the  autumn  of  1829,  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Andover,  graduating  in  1833.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  and  after  preaching  one  year  to  the 
First  Free  Church  of  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  he  removed  in  1835, 
to  accept  the  pastorate  of  the  church  at  Alton,  111.  It  was 
during  his  ministry  there  that  the  Rev.  Elijah  P.  Lovejoy  was 
murdered.  Owing  to  the  terrible  state  of  affairs  following 
the  martyrdom  of  Lovejoy,  Mr.  Graves  regarded  it  his  duty 
to  leave  Alton.  In  the  following  year,  he  returned  east 
where  many  Churches  and  Ministers  were  greatly  helped  by 
him  in  promoting  revivals  of  religion.  Thus  he  labored  for 
some  nine  weeks  in  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Albany,  and,  afterward,  with  Churches  in  Buffalo,  Elmira, 
Corning  and  Philadelphia.  For  a  year,  he  traveled  over  the 
greater  part  of  the  state  of  New  York  lecturing  in  the  in- 
terest of  temperance  reform.  After  leaving  Chicago,  where 
he  was  Minister  of  Calvary  Church  from  June,  1859,  to  June, 
1860,  Mr.  Graves  accepted  a  position  with  the  Christian 
Commission,  doing  much  good  in  the  hospitals  during  the 
war.  He  died  of  consumption  at  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  De- 
cember 8,  1864,  and  was  buried  at  Corning,  N.  Y.,  where,  in 
1834,  he  had  married  Miss  Susan  Hayt,  daughter  of  the  late 
Dr.  John  C.  Hayt,  of  that  city. 

Mr.  Graves'  son.  Major  E.  P.  Graves,  of  Corning,  has 
kindly  furnished  many  of  the  foregoing  particulars. 

During  the  summer  of  1860,  a  lot  had  been  leased  on  the 
west  side  of  Indiana  avenue,  midway  between  Ringgold  and 
Palo  Alto  places  (now  Twenty-second  and  Twenty-third 
streets)  on  which  the  Society  began  the  erection  of  a  frame 
Church,  under  the  charge  of  Messrs.  James  Otis  and  Eben- 
ezer  Jenkins,  building  committee.  The  new  building  was 
about  completed  when  the   Rev.  Edward    Anderson,  second 


48 


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Minister,  began  his  labors  in  the  autumn  of  1860.  The 
records  of  the  Session  meeting  held  October  27,  1860,  speak 
of  the  dedication  of  this  building : 

"On  motion,  it  was  resolved  to  hold  the  dedicatory  services  in  our 
new  house  of  worship  on  the  eleventh  day  of  November  next  at  7:30 
p.  M.,  and  that  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D.,  be  invited  to  deliver 
the  dedicatory  sermon,  Rev.  Arthur  Swazey  to  act  as  alternate." 

The  Rev.  Edward  Anderson,  in  a  letter  dated  Novem- 
ber 17,  1898,  at  his  present  home  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  gives  a 
few  facts  regarding  his  life  work.  He  was  born  in  Boston, 
November  19,  1833,  his  father,  the  Rev.  Rufus  Anderson, 
D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  being  for  many  years  foreign  Secretary  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Foreign  Missions.  Mr. 
Anderson  was  educated  in  and  about  Boston.  When  only 
twenty  years  of  age,  he  went  to  Kansas  with  the  Massachu- 
setts men,  and  was  in  every  important  engagement  there 
with  John  Brown  and  General  "Jim"  Lane.  After  his  ordi- 
nation as  a  Minister  in  1858,  he  was  called  in  1860  to  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  whence  he  re- 
moved to  Chicago  in  October  of  that  year,  to  take  the  pas- 
torate of  Calvary  Church.  He  resigned  in  July,  1861,  to 
accept  the  Chaplaincy  of  the  Thirty-seventh  regiment  of  the 
Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry.  Later  Mr.  Anderson  raised  three 
regiments  in  Indiana,  in  one  of  which,  the  Twelfth  Cavalry, 
he  served  as  Colonel  until  the  end  of  the  war.  In  recent 
years,  Mr.  Anderson  is  better  known  as  the  author  of  a  collec- 
tion of  short  sketches,  entitled  "Camp  Fire  Stories,"  in  which 
are  set  forth  in  a  picturesque  way  the  various  scenes  of  army 
life. 

"After  Chicago  and  our  old  Church,"  says  Mr.  Anderson,  "my 
principal  pastorates  were  Jamestown,  N.  Y.;  Quincy,  111.;  Westminster 
Presbyterian  Church,  Toledo,  Ohio;  Columbus,  Ohio;  Norwalk  and 
Danielson,  Conn.  I  have  now  practically  retired  from  pastoral 
work,  though  I  am  preaching  at  the  Washington  street  Church  here 
(Quincy,  Mass.),  trying  to  build  it  up.  1  am  engaged  in  Hterary 
work." 

The  Rev.  Edward  Anderson,  Minister  and  soldier  of  the 
Civil  War,  now  known  as  "Colonel"  Anderson,  is  still  living 
(1913)  at  Quincy,  Mass.,  on  President's  Hill.  An  early  remem- 
brance of  mine  is  seeing  him  come  into  Calvary  Church  one 


COLONEL  EDWARD  ANDERSON. 


I 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  49 

Sunday  morning  (1861),  after  his  appointment  as  Chaplain 
and  conduct  the  service  in  his  uniform.  Our  friendship 
commenced  at  a  tumultuous  period  in  the  nineteenth  century 
and  has  now  progressed  well  into  the  twentieth.  During 
vacation  days  (1913),  this  letter  came  from  him: 

"I  am  very  sorry  not  to  have  met  you  in  Boston; 

but  maybe  it  would  be  tragic  to  see  the  difference 

between  1861  and  1913." 

After  Mr.  Anderson  went  away,  there  being  no  regular 
pulpit  supply,  it  was  not  uncommon  when  Sunday  morning 
came,  and  no  preacher  had  been  secured,  for  one  of  the 
Elders  to  conduct  the  services.  A  member  of  the  pastoral 
committee  would  often  visit  the  hotels  on  Saturday  to  look 
over  the  registers  and  thus  secure  a  preacher  if  possible. 

On  October  3,  1862,  the  Society  purchased  from  Henry 
and  Albert  Keep,  for  a  consideration  of  $1,725,  parts  of  lots 
Ten  and  Eleven  in  Greely's  Subdivision  of  Block  Twenty-five, 
in  the  Assessors'  Division  of  the  southwest  fractional  quarter 
of  Section  Twenty-two,  etc.,  situated  at  the  northeast  corner 
of  Ringgold  place  (now  Twenty-second  street)  and  Indiana 
avenue;  having  a  frontage  of  seventy  feet  on  Indiana  avenue 
and  one  hundred  and  three  feet  on  Twenty-second  street.^ 
The  Church  building  was  moved  to  the  new  location,  its 
length  increased,  and  a  brick  basement  constructed,  thus 
giving  accommodation  for  the  Sunday-school,  prayer  meet- 
ing room  and  Minister's  study. 

In  the  meantime,  the  Rev.  James  Hewit  Trowbridge 
had  commenced  his  labors  as  third  Minister.  Mr.  Trow- 
bridge was  born  at  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y.,  May  27,  1820.  He 
was  graduated  from  Middlebury  College,  Vermont,  in  1847, 
and  then  studied  theology  at  Union  Seminary,  New  York  City; 
afterward,  in  New  Haven  under  Dr.  W.  W.  Taylor,  graduat- 
ing in  1850.  From  1850  to  1854,  Mr.  Trowbridge  preached  in 
North  Havershaw,  N.  Y.;  from  1854  to  1856,  in  Marshall, 
Mich.;  from  1856  to  1862,  in  Dubuque,  Iowa.  He  accepted 
a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Chicago,  in  the  autumn  of  1861,  beginning  his  duties  Janu- 
ary 15,  1862,  the  installation  services  taking  place  in  March, 

'  The  description  of  these  premises  and  the  consideration  ($4,500)  were  incorrect- 
ly stated  in  the  first  edition  of  this  work  (1900). 


50  A   HISTORY  OF 

1863.  He  tendered  his  resignation  in  March,  1865,  and  was 
appointed  district  Secretary  of  the  New  School  Committee 
on  Home  Missions,  and  continued  in  this  work  until  1870, 
when  the  office  was  abolished  at  the  reunion  of  the  Old  and 
New  School  Churches.  His  old  friend,  the  Rev.  George  C. 
Noyes,  D.  D.,  says  of  his  further  work:  "Mr.  Trowbridge 
was  one  of  the  chief  workers  in  organizing  the  Presbyterian 
League.  He  was  for  a  time  editor  of  the  Interior,  a  paper 
which  he,  more  than  any  other  man,  was  instrumental  in 
establishing,  and  to  which  he  gave  the  name.  He  was  Min- 
ister of  the  Church  in  Riverside  from  1873  to  1885.  The  last 
work  of  his  Hfe  was  in  the  Reunion  Church  (now  the  Ninth 
Presbyterian).  At  the  request  of  the  Home  Missions  Com- 
mittee, he  undertook  with  energy  the  difficult  task  of  building 
up  this  Church,  which  was  discouraged  by  its  long  struggle 
with  debt  and  disaster.  In  the  midst  of  these  labors,  he  was 
arrested  by  the  messenger  which  sum.moned  him  to  his  re- 
ward." Mr.  Trowbridge  died  at  Riverside,  111.,  January  9, 
1887.  His  widow,  Mrs.  Alice  L.  M.  Trowbridge,  a  daughter 
of  the  late  Hon.  R.  B.  Mason,  now  resides  in  Chicago. 

It  will  always  be  a  source  of  much  regret  to  me  that  I 
never  had  the  opportunity  of  meeting  the  Rev.  Edward 
Arthur  Pierce,  who  was  the  fourth  Minister  of  Calvary 
Church.  During  the  two  years  of  his  pastorate,  I  was  absent 
from  Chicago,  and  did  not  return  until  some  time  after  his 
death.  Mr.  Pierce  was  born  at  Woodbury,  Conn.,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1835.  Two  years  later  the  family  removed  to  Tall- 
madge.  Summit  County,  Ohio.  He  entered  the  sophomore 
class  of  Williams  College  in  1855,  graduating  in  1857.  After 
a  three  years'  course  at  the  Theological  Seminary  of  East 
Windsor  Hill,  Conn.,  he  visited  Chicago  in  1861,  and  was 
called  to  the  pastorate  of  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church, 
where  he  labored  from  December,  1861,  until  November, 
1865.  Mr.  Pierce  was  chosen  Minister  of  Calvary  Church 
on  October  24,  of  the  following  year,  the  installation  services 
taking  place  December  22.  In  consequence  of  ill  health,  Mr. 
Pierce  was  granted  nine  months'  leave  of  absence,  and  on 
December  1, 1867,  went  south  hoping  a  warmer  climate  might 
be    beneficial.       His  death  occurred  February  26,   1868,    at 


EDWARD    ARTHUR    PIERCE. 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  51 

Tallahassee,  Florida.  His  widow,  now  (1913)  Mrs.  Emily  A. 
Taylor,  resides  in  Philadelphia. 

The  communion  table  and  two  chairs,  with  the  three 
pulpit  chairs  in  the  edifice  at  Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty- 
first  street,  were  the  gift  of  Mrs.  Taylor. 

Some  time  elapsed  before  the  selection  of  a  new  Minister. 
When  Mr.  Pierce  went  South  in  December,  1867,  the  Rev. 
W.  C.  Dickinson  was  appointed  pulpit  supply.  He  was  so 
greatly  beloved  by  the  people  that  on  May  26,  1868,  an 
unanimous  call  was  extended  to  him  to  become  Minister  of 
Calvary  Church;  but  he  did  not  think  it  best  to  accept.^ 

The  Rev.  Daniel  Lord,  D.  D.,  who  was  at  this  time  in 
charge  of  the  South  Congregational  Church  of  Bridgeport, 
Conn.,  received,  April  5,  1869,  a  formal  invitation  from  Cal- 
vary Church  to  become  its  (fifth)  Minister.  In  a  letter  of 
December  15,  1898,  written  at  Jordansville,  Herkimer  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  his  home  had  then  been  for  eighteen  years.  Dr. 
Lord  has  given  me  some  particulars  of  his  life  and  pastoral 
work: 

"I  was  born  in  New  York  City,  April  21,  1821;  entered  the  sopho- 
more class  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  January,  1842,  and 
was  graduated  from  Rutgers  College,  in  1847.  I  studied  theology  in 
the  seminary  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
In  1864-65,  I  was  a  member  of  the  United  States  Sanitary  Commis- 
sion. My  pastorates  have  been  with  the  First  Reformed  Dutch 
Churches  of  Piermont,  Nyack  and  Jersey  City.  While  Minister  of  the 
South  Congregational  Church  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  I  received  in  1869 
three  calls  almost  simultaneously,  from  the  Third  Presbyterian,  Ful- 
lerton  avenue,  and  Calvary  Presbyterian  Churches  of  Chicago.  I  ac- 
cepted the  call  from  the  latter  Church,  and  was  its  pastor  until  the 
absorption  of  its  members  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  after  the 
great  fire  of  1871.  On  giving  up  my  work  with  Calvary  Church,  I 
turned  to  the  study  of  medicine,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Chi- 
cago Medical  College  in  1873.  Later  I  was  appointed  physician  in 
chief  of  the  South  Side  Dispensary.  I  was  for  a  time  professor  of 
natural  sciences  in  Rockland  County  Institute.      I  am  now   meeting 

I  The  Rev.  William  Cowper  Dickinson  was  bom  January  26,  1817,  in  Longmcadow, 
Mass.,  and  died  in  Evanston,  111.,  March  12,  1899.  His  son,  Mr.  Clarence  Dickinson, 
organist  and  composer,  acquired  his  musical  education  in  Chicago,  later  in  Europe, 
under  Guilmant,  Reimann  and  Mozkowski.  Mr.  Dickinson  was  organist  and  choir- 
master of  St.  James  Episcopal  Church,  Chicago  (1902-09);  founder  and  conductor 
(1906-09)  of  the  Musical  Arts  Society;  since  1909,  organist  and  choirmaster  of  the 
Brick  Presbyterian  Church.  New  York  City,  and  conductor  of  the  Mendelssohn 
Glee  Club. 


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A   HISTORY  OF 


a  handful  of  ray  old  friends  and  neighbors  on  Sunday  morning  in  a 
little  box  we  call  Christ  Church.  On  some  accounts,  missionary  work 
is  needed  here  (Jordansville)  as  much  as  in  South  Africa.  I  am 
happy  with  my  work  and  my  people." 

Dr.  Lord  died  on  Sabbath  morning,  September  10,  1899, 
in  his  pulpit  at  Jordansville.  He  had  just  finished  his  ser- 
mon, and  was  making  some  announcements,  when  he  was 
stricken  with  apoplexy,  and  died  in  a  few  moments,  without 
regaining  conciousness. 

"Dr.  Lord  possessed  the  charm  and  power  of  extemporaneous 
address,  a  tender  spirituaUty  and  a  finished  culture.  So  attractive 
was  his  personahty  that  the  distinguished  Roman  prelate,  Arch- 
bishop Ireland,  meeting  him  on  shipboard,  was  so  impressed  that  in 
recording  his  travels  for  publication  he  could  not  refrain  from  making 
appreciative  mention  of  his  Protestant  fellow-traveler.  Dr.  Lord's 
death  was  most  fitting.  It  was  an  ascension  from  the  high  places 
of  his  power  and  joy."^ 

The  steady  growth  of  the  Church  under  its  several 
Ministers  received  such  a  marked  impetus  after  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Lord  was  called  to  the  pastorate,  that  it  was  soon  evident 
that  a  larger  Church  edifice  was  needed.  On  June  6,  1870, 
the  Trustees  of  Calvary  Church  purchased  from  the  Trinity 
M.  E.  Church,  for  a  consideration  of  $33,000,  the  northeast 
corner  of  Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty-first  street,  being  a  part 
of  Lots  Fifteen  and  Eighteen, in  Block  Four,  in  George  Smith's 
Addition  to  Chicago,  having  a  frontage  of  ninety-eight  feet  on 
Indiana  avenue  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-eight 
feet  on  Twenty-first  street.  The  premises  were  at  this  time 
(1870)  occupied  by  the  stone  edifice  of  Trinity  Church.  Subse- 
quently, the  east  twenty-three  feet  of  this  lot,  together  with 
the  brick  house  (now  216  E.  Twenty-first  street)  were  sold  by 
Calvary  Church  for  $5,000.  In  order  to  make  this  new  pur- 
chase it  was  necessary  for  the  Trustees  to  dispose  of  the 
former  lot  and  building  at  the  corner  of  Twenty-second 
street.  This  property  was  sold  by  Calvary  Church  to  Mr. 
Harvey  M.  Thompson,  by  deed  bearing  date  August  6,  1870, 
for  a  consideration  of  $26,750. ^ 

»  The  Interior.  Chicago,  September,  1899. 

»  These  premises  were  conveyed  by  Mr.  H.  M.  Thompson  to  Messrs.  Daniel  A. 
Jones  and  Leonard  Hodges  by  deed  dated  August  6,  1871.  This  lot  is  now  a  part 
of  the  site  of  the  present  "Hodges  Block." 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  53 

Preparations  for  the  erection  of  a  new  Church  were  com- 
menced immediately;  the  old  building  of  Trinity  Church  was 
taken  down,  and  the  new  edifice  of  Calvary  Church  was  be- 
gun under  the  direction  of  Mr.  J.  C.  Cochrane/  architect,  and 
Mr.  James  Otis,  chairman  of  the  building  committee.  The 
corner  stone  was  laid  in  November,  1870.  Little  or  no  prog- 
ress was  made  that  winter,  but  work  was  resumed  in  the 
spring,  with  the  expectation  that  the  basement  would  be 
completed  before  the  autumn  and  ready  for  services.  In 
the  meantime  the  Society  continued  to  hold  services  in  the 
old  frame  building  at  the  corner  of  Twenty-second  street. 

Sunday,  October  8,  and  Monday,  October  9,  1871,  will 
never  be  forgotten  by  those  who  witnessed  the  terrible  scenes 
of  the  great  fire.  After  the  morning  service  at  Calvary 
Church,  in  company  with  other  members  of  the  Choir,  I 
visited  the  new  building  at  the  corner  of  Twenty-first  street. 
The  west,  north  and  south  walls  were  completed,  but  the 
east  wall  had  not  been  carried  to  the  finish.  The  trusses 
supporting  the  roof  were  in  position  and  some  of  the  roof 
boards  were  on,  but  the  interior  was  filled  with  scaffolding  and 
builders'  material.  An  organ  committee  had  already  been 
appointed,  consisting  of  Mr.  Henry  Wood,  Mr.  George  F. 
Bacon  and  myself.  We  had  decided  on  the  firm  of  IMessrs. 
Hook  &  Hastings,  of  Boston,  as  the  builders,  and  were  then 
considering  some  plans  and  specifications  they  had  submit- 
ted. On  this  Sunday  morning,  October  S,  Mr.  Bacon  and  I 
climbed  to  the  main  floor  of  the  building  to  note  the  position 
the  organ  was  to  occupy.  We  little  thought  of  the  tremend- 
ous changes  the  next  few  hours  would  bring  about  for  the 
future  of  our  Church  and  our  city. 

As  our  Church  was  closed  that  evening,  I  attended  serv- 
ice at  Grace  Episcopal  Church.  When  the  Congregation  had 
been  dismissed  and  was  passing  out,  every  one  observed  that 
the  western  sky  was  flaming  red  and  that  a  fire  was  in  prog- 
ress. There  had  been  an  extensive  fire  the  night  before 
(Saturday)  in  the  district  of  the  West  Side,  filled  with  lumber 
yards  and  frame  buildings,  and  some  apprehension  was  felt 

1  Mr.  John  Crambie  Cochrane  built  the  Church  of  the  Messiah,  Jefferson  Park 
Church,  Cook  County  and  Michael  Reese  Hospitals,  and  the  Iowa  and  Illinois  State 
Capitols.     Mr.  Cochrane  died  in  Chicago,  Xovember  13,  1887. 


54  A  HISTORY  OF 

on  that  Sunday  as  to  the  consequences  which  might  result 
if  another  fire  should  break  out  in  the  same  locality,  but 
no  one  even  dreamed  of  the  awful  scenes  of  desolation  we 
were  to  witness  in  the  morning:  Churches,  homes,  offices, 
banks,  warehouses,  all  in  ruins. 

Plymouth  Congregational  Church  (at  the  corner  of  Wa- 
bash avenue  and  Harmon  court)  and  Grace  Episcopal  Church 
were  not  in  the  line  of  the  fire,  and  thus  escaped.  But  every 
Church  between  Congress  street  and  Lincoln  park  was  de- 
stroyed, thus  entaiUng  enormous  losses  on  religious  societies. 
There  were  at  this  time  (1871)  in  the  district  between 
Twenty-second  street  and  the  river,  four  Presbyterian 
Churches— the  First,  Second,  Olivet,  and  Calvary.  Strictly 
speaking,  there  were  but  three,  as  the  Second  Church  had 
already  effected  a  union  with  the  Olivet  Church,  and  had 
held  its  first  service  with  that  Society  on  the  day  of  the  fire. 
The  First  Presbyterian  Church  having  lost  its  home,  and 
the  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church,  with  a  new  building  barely 
started,  also  concluded  to  consolidate  for  their  mutual  in- 
terests. 

Thus  four  strong  organizations,  all  having  large  Congre- 
gations in  attendance,  each  doing  a  great  work,  were  welded 
into  two.  At  the  time,  it  seemed  as  though  these  consolida- 
tions meant  a  great  loss  to  Presbyterian  interests.  At  all 
events,  the  members  of  the  Presbytery  took  that  view,  for 
their  consent  to  the  consolidation  of  the  First  Church  with 
Calvary  Church  was  only  granted  after  long  and  serious  con- 
sideration. 

The  affairs  of  Calvary  Church  at  this  time  were  in  such 
a  condition  that  no  other  course  but  a  union  with  the  First 
Church  seemed  practicable.  The  Society  had  undertaken  the 
erection  of  a  costly  edifice;  the  members  had  suffered  heavy 
losses  by  reason  of  the  fire,  and  it  was  evident  that  the  build- 
ing could  only  be  completed  by  heavily  mortgaging  the 
property.  It  was  furthermore  apparent  that  the  First  and 
Second  Churches  would  both  be  ultimately  located  in  this 
neighborhood,  thereby  interfering  with  the  future  usefulness 
of  Calvary  Church.  What  other  course  but  a  consolidation 
with  the  First  Church  was  open  to-  the  people  of  Calvary 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  55 

Church?  Subsequent  events  have  fully  sustained  the  sound 
judgment  and  forethought  of  those  who  had  these  interests 
at  heart. 

On  Sunday  afternoon,  October  15,  the  members  of  the 
old  First  Church  gathered  together  for  worship  in  Christ 
Reformed  Episcopal  Church.  At  a  meeting  of  the  mem- 
bers of  Calvary  Church,  held  October  17,  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  confer  with  the  Session  of  the  First  Church, 
on  the  subject  of  uniting.  Its  members  were  Messrs.  James 
Otis,  Daniel  A.  Jones,  G.  S.  Ingraham,  Henry  Wood  and 
Joseph  N.  Barker.  At  a  subsequent  meeting  Hon.  Jesse  O. 
Norton  was  added  to  the  committee. 

At  a  joint  meeting  of  the  committee  from  Calvary 
Church  and  the  Session  of  the  First  Church,  held  at  the 
residence  of  Mr.  George  F.  Bissell,  on  Friday  evening,  Octo- 
ber 27,  a  basis  of  union  was  agreed  upon: 

"(1)  The  name  of  the  united  Church  shall  be  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Chicago,  and  the  present  pastor  of  the  First  Church, 
Rev..  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  shall  be  the  pastor  of  the  united  Church 

"(2.)  The  united  Church  shall  pay  to  Rev.  Daniel  Lord,  D.  D., 
the  present  pastor  of  Calvary  Church,  the  sum  of  Twenty-five  Hun- 
dred Dollars  ($2,500.00)  and  Calvary  Church  shall  be  allowed  to 
divert  $2,500  from  the  amount  subscribed  towards  the  building  of  the 
Church  edifice,  before  making  over  their  personal  property  to  the 
First  Church. 

"Or,  that  in  lieu  of  the  above  payment  of  Five  Thousand  Dollars 
($5,000.00),  if  Rev.  Daniel  Lord,  D.  D.,  shall  so  elect,  the  united 
Churches  will  pay  him  a  salary  of  Twenty-five  Hundred  Dollars 
($2,500.00)  per  year,  for  two  years,  provided  he  will  take  charge  of 
the  Forty-first  street  Presbyterian  Church;  Dr.  Lord  to  receive  such 
additional  salary  as  said  Church  may  be  able  to  pay. 

"(3.)  That  all  the  property,  real  and  personal,  of  the  two 
Churches  shall  become  the  property  of  the  united  Church,  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago. 

"(4.)  That  the  Churches  so  united  shall  proceed  to  finish  the 
edifice  now  in  process  of  erection  on  the  corner  of  Indiana  avenue 
and  Twenty-first  street,  in  accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifi- 
cations heretofore  adopted  by  Calvary  Church,  subject  to  any 
modifications  or  alterations  mutually  agreed  upon.  The  expenses  of 
such  completion  to  be  paid  out  of  any  available  means  now  belong- 
ing to  the  First  Church,  after  having  paid  the  above  sum  of  Twenty- 
five  Hundred  Dollars  ($2,500.00)  to  Rev.  Daniel  Lord,  D.  D.,  and  the 
sum  of  Seventy-five  Hundred  Dollars  ($7,500.00),  heretofore  borrowed 
by  the  Calvary  Church  for  use  in  the  construction  of  said  Church. 


56 


A   HISTORY  OF 


"The  Trustees  of  Calvary  Church  shall  convey  by  proper  deed 
of  conveyance  their  real  and  personal  property  to  the  Trustees  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  upon  the  acceptance  of  this  basis  of  union 
by  the  two  Churches.  It  is  understood  in  this  basis  of  union  that 
the  civil  existence  of  the  First  Church  remains  uninterrupted. 

"(5.)  The  Churches  shall  be  united  by  an  act  of  Presbytery,  and 
all  arrangements  as  to  Trustees  and  Session  shall  be  left  to  future 
consideration  and  conference." 

This  plan  of  union  was  adopted  by  each  of  the  Churches. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Session  of  Calvary  Church,  held  on 
the  evening  of  November  2,  the  Rev.  Daniel  Lord,  D.  D., 
asked  the  Session  to  join  with  him  in  an  application  to  the 
Presbytery  to  dissolve  the  pastoral  relations  existing  between 
the  Minister  and  people  of  Calvary  Church.  This  request 
was  granted.  It  was  also  voted  that  application  be  made 
to  the  Presbytery,  at  its  first  meeting,  to  take  the  necessary 
action  for  uniting  the  membership  of  this  Church  with  that 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  James  Otis  was  ap- 
pointed delegate  to  this  meeting  of  the  Presbytery. 

The  Session  of  the  First  Church  also  took  action: 

"November  5,  1871. 
"Session  of  First   Presbyterian   Church   met  and  appointed  Mr. 
Henry  E.  Seelye,>  delegate  (Mr.  O.  D.  Ranney,  alternate)  to  the  Pres- 
bytery to  represent  the  Session  of  this  Church  in  the  matter  of  the 
consolidation  of  the  First  with  the  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church. 

"November  13,  1871. 
"Session  met  in  the  basement  of  Christ  Reformed  Episcopal 
Church.  Present,  Messrs.  Ranney,  Bissell,  Hamill  and  Penfield,  of 
the  First  Church,  and  Messrs.  Wood,  Norton  and  Otis,  of  the  former 
Calvary  Church.  The  pastor  being  absent,  Mr.  Bissell  acted  as 
moderator. 

"Mr.  James  Otis,  as  delegate  to  the  Presbytery  from  the  late 
Calvary  Church,  and  Mr.  Ranney  of  the  First  Church,  reported  that 
application  was  duly  made  to  the  Presbytery  at  its  meeting  on 
Wednesday,  November  8,  to  unite  the  First  and  Calvary  Presbyterian 
Churches;  that  the  Presbytery  voted  'to  unite  the  Churches,  and 
appointed  Rev.  Robert  W.  Patterson,  D.  D.,  Hon.  Samuel  M.  Moore 
and  Mr.  James  Otis  a  committee  to  prepare  the  necessary  papers 
for  record  in  the  minutes  of  the  Presbytery.'  " 

■  Mr.  Henry  E,  Seelye  was  bom  in  Bethel.  Conn.,  in  1827;  came  to  Chicago  in 
1850;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1852  and  continued  in  active  practice  of  general 
law  until  he  retired  in  1909.  He  was  for  many  years  an  Elder  in  the  First  Church, 
died  in  Evanston,  111.,  August  17,  1913,  aged  eighty-six. 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  57 

THE    CHOIR    OF 
CALVARY    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

In  parting  with  Calvary  Church,  it  may  not  be  uninter- 
esting to  cast  a  glance  at  the  musical  part  of  the  service 
before  its  consolidation  with  the  First  Church. 

In  the  record  of  one  of  the  first  meetings  of  the  Society, 
I  find  the  first  allusion  to  music: 

"Mr.  James  Otis,  having  been  appointed  a  committee 
on  hymn  books,  reported  in  favor  of  the  collection  known 
as  the  'Church  Psalmist.'  " 

While  the  services  were  held  in  the  Orphan  Asylum,  the 
music  was  of  the  plainest  character.  Some  one  played  the 
melodeon,  a  few  singers  gathered  about  the  player  and  sang 
a  number  of  simple  hymns;  that  was  all. 

Our  first  Choir,  a  volunteer  chorus,  was  organized  dur- 
ing the  summer  of  1860  by  Prof.  Ebell,  who  kept  a  photo- 
graph gallery  on  Ringgold  place  during  the  week,  and  on 
Sunday  played  the  melodeon  and  sang  tenor.  He  was  born 
in  the  East  Indies,  of  American  parentage;  a  tall  slender 
man,  with  swarthy  complexion  and  jet  black  hair.  As  I 
think  of  him  now,  I  am  reminded  of  the  East  Indians  who 
haunted  the  Midway  Plaisance  at  the  World's  Fair.  After- 
ward, he  attended  the  old  University  of  Chicago.  Here  he 
organized  a  singing  class,  of  which  I  was  a  member,  and 
later  he  studied  for  the  ministry. 

Prof.  Ebell  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  James  Murray  (B.), 
an  old  time  singing  school  teacher  of  the  most  pronounced 
type,  who  hailed  from  Hornellsville,  N.  Y.  He  had  a  voice 
of  great  depth  and  power  and  could  "roar  you  Hke  a  lion." 
It  was  interesting  to  watch  this  veteran  Choir  leader.  Be- 
fore service,  he  would  marshal  his  forces  for  action,  reviewing 
them  as  they  filed  by  to  the  Choir  gallery,  as  Samuel  re- 
viewed the  sons  of  Jesse.  When  the  Choir  arose  to  sing,  in- 
stead of  taking  his  position  in  front,  as  had  been  the  custom, 
he  stood  behind,  that  he  might  keep  each  one  up  to  his  or 
her  work,  admonishing  the  delinquents  by  short  roars  as  the 
hymn  progressed — "not  so  much  organ" — "a  little  more 
alto"— "softer"— "louder,"  all  the  time  singing  right  on, 
never  once  taking  his  eyes  from  his  hymn  book.  He  had 
charge  of  the  music  for  about  a  year,  and  we  then  fell  in  line 


53  A  HISTORY  OF 

with  the  down  town  Churches  and  talked  of  a  quartette.  We 
were  inspired  to  this  course  by  the  presence  at  a  Sunday 
evenin<y  service  of  two  members  of  a  city  Choir,  who  came 
out  to  help  us.  Their  singing  was  so  acceptable  that  one  of 
them,  Mr.  J.  B.  Sutton  (B.),  was  prevailed  upon  to  organize 
a  quartette  for  our  Church.  This  was  soon  after  the  Rev. 
James  H.  Trowbridge  began  his  ministry  in  1862.  Mr. 
Sutton  was  a  good  singer  and  leader,  but  the  other  members 
of  the  Choir  were  not  at  all  satisfactory,  so  this  arrangement 
did  not  last  long. 

Our  next  leader,  Dr.  Warren  N.  Dunham  (T.),  who  led 
the  Choir  at  the  dedication  of  the  "Brick  Church"  (First 
Presbyterian),  in  September,  1849,  organized  a  quartette 
May  1,  1863.  Its  members  were  Miss  Sarah  E.  Sanger  (S.), 
Mrs.  Strong  (A.),  and  Mr.  Mohte  (B.).  Miss  Anna  Cornwell 
Strickland,  1  a  niece  of  Prof.  Alonzo  J.  Sawyer,  played  the 
melodeon. 

Dr.  Dunham  resigned  May  1,  1864,  and  was  succeeded 
by  Mr.  E.  M.  Booth  (B.),^  who  led  the  Choir  until  May  1, 
1866,  assisted  at  various  times  during  these  two  years  by 
Mrs.  Sampson  (S.),  Miss  Scott  (S.),  Miss  Sarah  E.  Sanger^ 
(S.),  Miss  Richards  (A.),  the  Misses  Turner  (S.  and  A.),  and 
Miss  Strickland  (O.).     Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  (T.),  1864-65. 

The  members  of  Calvary  Church  Choir  during  the  years 
1866,  1867  and  1868  are  all  mentioned  in  the  Treasurer's 
ledger,  as  follows : 

May  1,  1866— Miss  Mae  French  (S.),  Miss  Lizzie  Allen  (A.), 
Dr.  Lucian  A.  Clarke  (T.)  and  Mr.  Frank  A.  Bowen 
(B.).  The  position  of  organist  was  filled  by  various 
people  during  the  year. 

'  Miss  Strickland  now  (1913)  resides  in  New  Britain,  Conn. 

'  Mr.  E.  M.  Booth  came  to  Chicago  in  1863;  formed  classes  in  elocution  in  the 
old  University  of  Chicago  and  in  Dearborn  Seminary.  He  had  a  class  in  the  edifice 
of  the  First  Church,  when  it  stood  on  Wabash  avenue  at  Congress  street,  of  vrhich 
Br.  Humphrey,  Dr.  Eddy  (of  the  M.  E.  Church)  and  other  Ministers  were  members. 
Mr.  Booth  was  an  early  member  of  the  Apollo  Musical  Club.  He  resides  in  Chicago 
and  since  1890  has  been  professor  of  elocution  in  the  McCormick  Theological  Sem- 
inary.    He  is  an  Elder  in  the  Church  of  the  Covenant. 

'  Miss  Sarah  E.  Sanger  was  married  December  3,  1868,  to  Mr.  WiUiaAi  P.  Butler, 
and  later  they  moved  to  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  where  Mrs.  Butler  died  May  5,  1896.  Her 
aunt,  Mrs.  Charles  Wlieeler,  an  old  member  of  this  Church,  gave  me  the  data  about 
this  "sweet  singer,  who  had  a  voice  full  of  music." 


GEORGE   FRANCIS   BACON. 


CALVARY  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  59 

During  the  year  1866  a  two-manual  cabinet  organ 
(Mason  &  Hamlin)  was  purchased  at  a  cost  of  $475.  This 
cabinet  organ  is  now  (1913)  in  the  prayer  meeting  room  of  the 
First  Church  in  its  new  home  at  Forty-first  street. 

May  1,  1867 — Miss  Mae  French  (S.),  Miss  Lewis  (A.),  Dr. 
Lucian  A.  Clarke  (T.),  Mr.  Frank  A.  Bowen  (B.)  and 
Miss  Emma  Lander  (O.). 

May  1,  1868— Miss  Mae  French  (S.),  Miss  Hubbard  (A.),  Dr. 
Lucian  A.  Clarke  (T.),  succeeded  by  Mr.  A.  B.  Stiles/ 
Mr.  Frank  A.  Bowen-  (B.),  Miss  Lander  (O.),  succeeded 
by  Miss  Weeks. 

May  1,  1869— Miss  Mae  French  (S.),  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Slayton  (T.  and  A.),  Mr.  A.  L.  Goldsmith  (B.),  Mr.  J. 
H.  Hansen  (O.),  succeeded  by  Mr.  George  F.  Bacon. 

May  1,  1870— Miss  Mae  French  (S.),  Miss  Fowler  (A.)  for 
portion  of  the  year,  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  (T.),  Mr.  A.  L. 
Goldsmith  (B.),  succeeded  by  Mr.  E.  S.  Evarts,  Mr. 
George  F.  Bacon  (O.). 

May  1,  1871— Miss  Mae  French  (S.),  Miss  Hawkes  (A.),  Mr. 
Philo  A.  Otis  (T.),  Mr.  E.  S.  Evarts  (B.)  and  Mr.  George 
F.  Bacon  (O.).  This  was  the  personnel  of  the  Choir  at 
the  morning  service  on  the  day  of  the  great  fire,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1871. 

*  Deceased.     He  was  a  brother  of  General  I.  N.  Stiles. 

^  Mr.  Bowen  remained  in  the  Choir  until  1869,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  A.  L. 
Goldsmith.     Mr.  Bowen  now  (1900)  resides  in  London,  England. 


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THE  UNITED  CHURCHES. 


THE  UNITED  CHURCHES 

HEREAFTER   KNOWN    AS 

THE  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

All  the  formalities  regarding  the  union  of  the  two 
Churches  having  been  duly  arranged,  the  people  of  Calvary 
Church  worshipped  with  the  people  of  the  First  Church  for 
the  first  time  on  Sunday  afternoon,  November  5,  1871,  in 
Christ  Reformed  Episcopal  Church.  The  united  Churches, 
'  or  First  Church,  as  they  will  hereafter  be  called,  continued  to 
hold  services  with  the  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  as  Min- 
ister, in  Christ  Church  until  February,  1872,  when  a  change 
was  made  to  the  Immanuel  Baptist  Church. 

The  lecture  room  of  the  present  edifice  was  completed 
about  the  end  of  April,  1872,  and  here  the  newly  consolidated 
Church  at  last  found  a  permanent  home. 

In  following  the  history  of  the  First  Church  from  this 
time,  I  have  relied  mainly  on  the  Choir  Journal,  which  I 
instituted  in  1875,  and  in  which,  besides  an  account  of  the 
work  of  the  Choir,  most  of  the  events  of  interest  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Church,  were  noted  down. 

In  arranging  the  details  of  the  union,  it  was  agreed  that 
the  Choir  of  Calvary  Church  should  be  retained:  Miss  Mae 
French  (S.),  afterward  Mrs.  W.  H.  Aldrich,  Miss  Hawkes 
(A.),  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  (T.),  and  Mr.  E.  S.  Evarts  (B.).i 
Miss  Hawkes  resigned  soon  after  the  union  of  the  Churches 
and  was  succeeded  by  Mrs.  Oliver  K.  Johnson,  who  continued 
with  the  Choir  until  May  1,  1872. 

The  announcement  of  the  death  of  Gen.  Joseph  B. 
Leake,  June  1,  1913,  as  this  work  was  about  to  go  to  press, 
brings  to  my  mind  two  Old  Folks'  Concerts,  April  1  and  2, 
1872,  in  which  he  assisted  our  Choir  as  a  member  (flute)  of 
the  orchestra.  These  concerts  were  given  in  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church  (then  on  Wabash  avenue  at  Hubbard  court)  by 
the  ladies  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  (Mrs.  E.  V.  Rob- 
bins,  Chairman),  for  the  benefit  of  the  fund  for  furnishing 
thg  "ew  First  Church.     The  program  consisted  of  old-time 

>Mr.  Evarts  now  (1913)   resides  in  Chicago,  and   is  a  member  of  the  law  firm 
of  Munday,  Evarts,  AUcock  &  Clarke. 


THE   FIRST  PREvSBYTERIAN   CHURCH. 
Indiana  Avenue  and  Twenty-First  Street 


HOOK  &  HASTINGS  ORGAN.  61 

songs  and  anthems  (sung  in  costume)  for  solo  voices,  chorus 
and  orchestra.  Mr.  J.  A.  Butterfield  conducted  and  was 
assisted  by  the  members  of  the  Choir  of  the  First  Church, 
and  Messrs.  Thomas  G.  Goodwilhe  and  James  Gill,  as  solo- 
ists. Gen.  Leake  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  was  the  oldest  practicing  attorney  in  Chi- 
cago. 

The  Choir  and  Congregation  suffered  a  great  loss  in  the 
death  of  Mr.  George  F.  Bacon,  our  organist,  who  was  killed 
December  5,  1872,  in  an  accident  on  the  Pennsylvania  R.  R., 
at  Mififlin,  Pa. 

Mr.  Bacon ^  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Henry  Fuller,^  who 
continued  with  the  Choir  until  his  death  in  September  of 
the  following  year. 

On  May  1,  1872,  some  changes  took  place  in  the  Choir; 
Mrs.  Oliver  K.  Johnson  (A.)  was  succeeded  by  Miss  Antoi- 
nette French  and  Mr.  E.  S.  Evarts  (B.)  by  Mr.  A.  L.  Gold- 
smith. 

By  the  terms  of  the  contract,  the  organ  was  to  be  com- 
pleted in  November,  1872.  Messrs.  Hook  &  Hastings  of 
Boston,  the  builders,  were  ready  at  the  time  specified,  but 
the  Church  was  not  ready.  Finally,  the  organ  was  brought 
to  Chicago  and  kept  in  storage  for  at  least  two  months  before 
the    main   audience    room   was   completed.^     The  organ  has 


1  Mr.  George  Francis  Bacon  was  born  December  13,  1839,  in  Geneseo,  N.Y.  When 
quite  a  young  man,  he  removed  to  Galesburg,  111.,  where  he  was  an  organist  for  a  few 
years.  He  then  came  to  Chicago,  and  was  associated  with  the  firm  of  Root  &  Cady 
for  two  years.  Afterward,  he  removed  to  Peoria,  111.,  where  for  seven  years  he 
was  organist  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church.  In  1S6S,  he  came  to  Chicago  and  was 
organist  of  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church  and  later  of  the  First  Church  until  his  death 
December  5,  1872.  In  November.  1865,  Mr.  Bacon  married  Emma  Raymond,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  Louis  Raymond  of  Chicago.  She  died  a  year  later.  On  October 
15,  1868,  he  married  Mary  Myrick,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willard  F.  Myrick  of 
Chicago.  Mr.  Bacon,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Knowles, 
Birdsell  &  Bacon,  tea  and  cofifee  merchants.  He  was  received  into  the  membership 
of  this  Church,  July  1,  1870.  His  brother,  Mr.  Henry  M.  Bacon,  was  for  many  years 
an  officer  in  the  First  Church. 

2  In  1864-65.  Mr.  Fuller  was  organist  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  then  on  Jack- 
son street;  the  present  site  of  the  Illinois  Theatre.  Afterward,  he  was  with  the  New 
England  Congregational  Church.  Mr.  Fuller  was  connected  with- the  firm  of  Shortall 
&  Hoard,  abstract  makers.  His  death  occurred  September  24,  1873,  at  Mercy  Hos- 
pital, in  Chicago. 

3  The  organ  was  set  up  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  George  S.  Hutchings,  Super- 
intendent of  the  Hook  &  Hastings  factory'.  In  1901  he  organized  the  Hutchings- 
Votey  Organ  Company.     Mr.  Hutchings  died  June  1,  1913,  in  Boston. 


62 


DEDICATION  CONCERT. 


three  manuals  and  forty-six  speaking  stops;  its  cost  was 
about  S9,000.  The  instrument  will  be  removed  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1913  to  the  new  home  of  the  First  Church,  at  Grand 
Boulevard  and  Forty-first  street. 

The  new  edifice  of  the  First  Church  was  formally  opened 
February  6,  1873,  with  a  concert  under  the  direction  of  Mr. 
G.  C.  Knopfel,  the  western  agent  of  the  organ  builders.  Mr. 
Knopf  el  was  assisted  by :  The  Choir  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church;  Mrs.  W.  H.  Aldrich  (S.),  Miss  Antoinette  French 
(A.),^  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  (T.)  and  Mr.  A.  L.  Goldsmith  (B.)^; 

The  Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church;  Mrs  J.  A. 
Farwell  (S.),  Mrs.  O.  K.  Johnson  (A.)  (in  place  of  their  regu- 
lar alto,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Balfour,  who  was  ill),  Mr.  Robert  T. 
Howard  (T.)  and  Mr.  John  M.  Hubbard  (B.); 

The  Choir  of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church;  Mrs.  O.  L. 
Fox  (S.),  Mrs.  A.  R.  Sabin  (A.),  Captain  A.  R.  Sabin  (T.)^ 
and  Mr.  William  Sprague  (B.) ; 

Messrs.    Louis   Falk,    I.   V.    Flagler   and    Henry    Fuller, 

organists;    Miss    Eva    Manierre    and  Mr.    N.    Ledochowski, 

pianists;  Mr.    Lyon*  (harp),  Mr.  Sir  (violin),  Mr.  Bareither 

(flute),  and  Mr.  Bachmann  (violoncello). 

Part  I. 
1 — Opening  of  the  Organ        _       _       _      Mr.  G.  C.  Knopfel 

a.  Selections. 

b.  "Offertoire,"  Op.  22,         _       _       _       _  Batiste 
2 — Anthem,  "Benedic  Anima"       _____     Buck 

Choir  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 
3 — Solo,  "Angels,  Ever  Bright  and  Fair"    _       _       _  Handel 

Mrs.  O.  L.  Fox. 

4 — Sextette,  "A  Tear  Shed  at  the  Grave  of  Rossini"       Ciardi 

Organ,  piano,  harp,  violoncello,  violin  and  flute. 


1  Miss  Antoinette  French,  afterward  wife  of  Mr.  Frank  S.  Osbom,  died  October 
30.  1897. 

2  Mr.  Goldsmith  resigned  May  1,  1870.  going  to  the  Choir  of  Olivet  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  returned  to  his  old  position  in  the  First  Church,  May  1.  1872,  remaining 
until  1874.  From  1874.  until  May  1,  1901,  he  was  in  the  Choir  of  the  Third  Presby- 
terian Church.  Mr.  Goldsmith  has  been  for  many  years  manager  of  the  Merchants' 
Loan  and  Trust  Safety  Deposit  Company  (1913). 

'  Captain  Albert  R.  Sabin  (T.),  after  serving  two  years  with  the  Ninth  Vermont 
Regiment  in  the  war,  came  to  Chicago  in  1863,  and  entered  the  public  school  service. 
He  sang  in  the  Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  (1863);  Church  of  the  Mes- 
siah (1871);  later  with  the  Fourth  Presbyterian.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was 
principal  of  the  Medill  High  School.  Captain  Sabin  was  bom  September  30,  1837.  in 
Rockingham,  Vt.;  died  January  29,  1913,  in  Chicago. 

*  Mr.  George  W.  Lyon  came  to  Chicago  in  the  "sixties";  founded  the  firm  of  Lyon 
&  Healy  in  1864.  Mr.  Lyon  understood  the  technique  of  every  instrument  used  in 
band  and  orchestra.     His  death  occurred  January  19.  1894,  in  Chicago. 


THE   I-TRST  PRKSBVTERIAN   CHURCH. 
Corner  Indiana  Avenue  and  Twenty- First  Street. 


DEDICATION  CONCERT.  63 

5 — Quartette,  "Volkslied"      -----  Krebs 

Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 
6 — Organ  Solo,  "Variations  on  a  Scotch  Air"      -       -     Buck 

Mr.  Louis  Falk. 

7 — Soprano  Solo,  "The  Message"  -       -  Blumenthal 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Aldrich. 

Part  II. 
1 — Anthem,  "Gloria  in  Excelsis"      -       -       -       -     Knopfel 

By    the    Choirs   of    the    First,    Second    and    Fourth 
Presbyterian  Churches. 
2 — Grand    Duo    for    two    pianos    and    organ    obligato 

----------        Lysberg 

3 — Anthem,  "Venite"      -------     Buck 

Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 
4 — Organ  Solos,  a.  Transcription,  "Robin  Adair"  Flagler 

b.  Prelude  in  B  Minor         -       -       _     Bach 
Mr.  I.  V.  Flagler. 
5 — Trio,  "Lift  Thine  Eyes"    -       -       -       -        Mendelssohn 

6 — "Miserere,"  ("II  Trovatore")    -----     Verdi 

Piano,  organ,  violin  and  violoncello. 
7 — Organ  Solo,  "Festival  March"  -       -       -  Zundel 

Mr.  Knopfel. 

Mr.  Benjamin  B.  Owen^  was  organist  for  a  short  time  after- 
ward in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Fuller.  The  organists  after  Mr. 
Fuller's  death  (September,  1873),  were  Mr.  Emil  Liebling^ 
until  May,  1874,  and  Mr.  William  H.  Cutler  until  October, 
1874. 

In  May,  1873,  I  tendered  my  resignation  as  a  member 
of  the  Choir,  expecting  to  be  absent  from  the  city  for  a  year 
or  more,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  James  GilP  (T.),  who  had 
charge  of  the  Choir  until  May  1,  1874.  Mrs.  Aldrich  (S.)  and 
Miss  French  (A.),  resigned  in  February,  1873. 

A  notable  event  in  the  history  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  occurred  in  May,   1874,  the  trial  of  the  Rev.  David 

1  Mr.  Benjamin  Bloomfield  Ow-en  was  bom  in  Stockholm,  Sweden,  October  18, 
1830.  He  came  to  New  York  City,  August  24,  1859,  having  worked  his  passage  across 
the  ocean  as  a  common  sailor.  Here  he  was  introduced  to  Jenny  Lind  by  Mr.  Max 
Hjortsberg,  Owen's  adopted  brother,  who  afterward  came  to  Chicago.  With  the  as- 
sistance of  Jenny  Lind,  Owen  studied  music  under  the  best  instructors  in  New  York 
City.  In  1863,  he  married  Miss  Kate  Osbom,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Osbom,  of 
La  Porte,  Indiana,  and  a  grand-niece  of  the  Rev.  Brainerd  Kent,  our  "Father  Kent," 
who  founded  Railroad  Chapel.  Mr.  Owen  was  organist  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church  of 
Indianapolis,  Sixth  Street  Synagogue  of  St.  Louis,  Plymouth  Congregational  and 
Trinity  Episcopal  Churches  of  Chicago.  Among  his  best  works  are  the  anthems, 
"Hear  Us,  O  Father"  ("Church  and  Home"  collection),  and  the  "Ave  Maria,"  for  so- 
prano solo  and  chorus.     Mr.  Owen  died  at  Champion,  Michigan,  July  17,  1889. 

2  Mr.  Emil  Liebling,  well  known  as  concert  pianist,  composer  and  lecturer,  has 
lived  in  Chicago  since  1872. 

'  Mr.  James  Gill,  concert  singer  and  teacher,  came  to  Chicago  in  1871;  died  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1910. 


64 


TRIAL  OF  THE  REV.   DAVID  SWING. 


Swing/  Minister  of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chi- 
cago, on  charges  of  heresy,  preferred  by  the  Rev.  Francis 
L.  Patton,  D.  D.,  then  a  young  man  about  thirty  years 
of  age,  who  had  recently  come  to  Chicago  as  Professor  in  the 
Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Northwest  (now 
known  as  the  McCormick  Theological  Seminary).  Nothing 
of  so  great  religious  importance  had  happened  in  this  country 
since  the  trial  of  Albert  Barnes  on  similar  charges  in  May, 
1835,  before  the  General  Assembly  at  Pittsburgh. 

The  case  was  heard  by  the  Chicago  Presbytery,  of  which 
the  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  was  Moderator,  in  the  lecture 
room  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church.  There  were  two 
charges  named  by  Professor  Patton : 

"1.  Rev.  David  Swing,  being  a  minister  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  in  the  United  States  of  America,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago,  has  not  been  zealous  and 
faithful  in  maintaining  the  truths  of  the  Gospel,  and  has  not 
been  faithful  and  diligent  in  the  exercise  of  the  public  duties 
of  his  ofhce  as  such  Minister. 

2.  Rev.  David  Swing,  being  a  Minister  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  in  the  United  States  of  America,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago,  does  not  sincerely  receive 
and  adopt  the  Confession  of  Faith,  as  containing  the  system 
of  doctrine  taught  in  the  Holy  Scriptures." 

Professor  Patton's  argument  occupied  three  days,  morn- 
ing and  afternoon,  and  was  a  masterly  exposition  of  the 
fundamental  doctrines  of  the  Christian  Creed,  giving  the 
history  of  each  doctrine  and  its  relation  to  the  w^hole  system 
of  theology. 

The  outcome  of  this  trial,  in  which  Professor  Swing  had 
the  sympathies  of  the  First  Church  and  the  public  generally, 
resulted  in  a  great  victory  for  him,  when  the  Presbytery  on 
May  20,  reached  a  decision.  Only  fifteen  of  the  sixty-one 
members  voted  to  sustain  the  first  charge,  and  thirteen  to 
sustain  the  second. 

The  Chicago  Tribune  of  October  3,  1874,  in  comment- 
ing on  this  trial,  said: 

"Professor  Swing's  argument  in  his  own  defense,  ex- 
plaining his  objectionable  words  and  indicating  his  general 

<  The  Rev.  David  Swing  was  born  in  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  August  23,  1830.  and  died 
in  Chicago,  October  3,  1894. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  CHOIR  65 

conformity  to  the  Presbyterian  standards,  while  exercising 
his  inalienable  right  of  private  judgment  in  interpreting  both 
the  church  standards  and  the  Scriptures,  were  masterly 
efiforts,  and  displayed  a  degree  of  coolness,  good  nature, 
self-poise,  logic  and  satire  rarely  excelled  in  similar  cases." 

Dr.  Patton  appealed  from  this  decision  to  the  Synod  of 
Illinois,  and  the  verdict  was  reversed.  The  trial  resulted  in 
Professor  Swing  withdrawing  from  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  organizing  Central  Church,  with  which  he  was  associated 
until  his  death.  The  Rev.  George  C.  Noyes,  D.  D.,  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Evanston,  was  counsel  for  Professor 
Swing. 

Among  the  sopranos  following  Mrs.  Aldrich  until  ]\Iay  1, 

1874,  were  Mrs.  F.  A.  Thomas,  Miss  Jessica  Haskell  and  Mrs. 
John  Schmahl;  Miss  French  (A.)  was  succeeded  by  Miss  Ella 
White  (afterward  Mrs.  Jacob  R.Custer).  From  July  until  Novem- 
ber, 1874,  Mr.  P.  P.  Bliss, ^  the  evangelist,  acted  as  precentor. 
A  new  Choir  was  organized  in  December,  1874,  with: 

Miss  Jessica  Haskell  (S.),  soloist  at  the  first  concert  of 
the  Apollo  Musical  Club,  January  21st,  1873.  Miss  Haskell 
went  abroad  in  August,  1875,  to  study,  returning  to  the  Choir 
in  February,  187G,  and  retired  from  the  Choir  upon  her  mar- 
riage in  June,  1876,  to  Mr.  Edward  Fuller. 

Miss  Haskell  was  succeeded  by  Miss  Fanny  Whitney 
who  sang  until  September  10,  1876. 

Mrs.  Oliver  K.  Johnson  (A.),  formerly  Miss  Louisa  Whit- 
lock,  made  her  first  appearance  in  the  performance  of  Ros- 
sini's "Stabat  Mater"  by  the  Musical  Union  in  1865;  soloist 
at  the  second  concert  of  the  Apollo  Musical  Club,  February 
25,  1873;  sang  in  various  concerts  of  the  Beethoven  Society 
in  1874-76,  notably  in  Max  Bruch's  "Lay  of  the  Bell"  in 
1879;  retired  from  the  Choir,  January  1,  1886. 

Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis  (T.). 

Mr.   Charles  Towner   Root    (B.);   resigned   October   31, 

1875,  and  for  many  years  has  lived  in  New  York  City  as 
President  of  the  Root  Newspaper  Association.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded on  January  2,  1876,  by  Mr.  John  Maynard  Hubbard. 

Mr.  Charles  Arthur  Havens  (O.),  was  born  in  Essex, 
Essex  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1842.  After  a  course  of  study  in 
Boston,  he  was  called  in  1865  to  the  position  in  the  Second 

'  Mr.  Philip  Paul  Bliss  lost  his  life  in  an  accident  on  the  Lake  Shore  R.  R.,  at 
Ashtabula,  Ohio.  December  29,  1876.  He  was  bom  in  Clearfield  County.  Pa.,  July 
9.  1838. 


G6  FROM  1874  TO  1886. 

Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago,  remaining  there  for  several 
years.  He  was  next  engaged  at  the  First  Baptist  Church, 
and  came  to  the  First  Presbyterian  in  October,  1874.  He 
resigned  from  the  First  Presbyterian  in  October,  1875,  to  fill 
a  three  months'  engagement  at  St.  James  Episcopal  Church, 
returning  to  the  First  Church,  January  9,  1876,  where  he 
remained  until  January  12,  1879,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
Clarence  Eddy.  From  1882  until  1890,  he  was  again  with 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  returning  to  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church,  where  he  is  now  (1913)  engaged. 

Among  those  who  served  at  various  times,  in  the  absence 
of  the  regular  members  of  the  Choir  were:  Miss  Brewster, 
soprano;  Mrs.  Frederick  Ullmann  and  Mrs  Cjcorge  P.  Upton, 
altos;  Mr.  L.  Fish  and  Mr.  Charles  M.  Smith,  tenors;  Mr. 
Freeman  and  two  members  of  the  "Quaker  City  Quartette," 
Messrs.  Holmes  and  Noble,  basses. 

Here  may  be  noted  a  concert  in  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  on  Monday  evening,  February  22,  1875,  by  the 
united  Choirs  of  the  First  and  Second  Presbyterian  Churches, 
assisted  by  Miss  Eva  Manierre,^  pianist,  Messrs.  Daniel  N. 
Hood  and  C.  A.  Havens,  organists. 

Other  changes  which  took  place  in  the  membership  of  the 
Choir  prior  to  January  1,  1886,  when  my  active  connection 
with  the  Choir  ceased,  were: 

Sopranos:  Miss  Crocker,  from  September,  1876,  to  Jan- 
uary 1,  1877;  Miss  Fanny  Whitney  (afterward  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Gorton)  from  February  18,  1877,  to  January  1,  1881;  Miss 
Esther  Butler  from  January  1,  1881,  to  May  20,  1883;  Mrs. 
John  C.  Buckbee  from  May  20,  1883,  to  January  1,  1886. 

During  the  three  months'  absence  of  Mr.  Havens,  from 
October,  1875,  to  January  2,  1876,  with  the  St.  James  Episco- 
pal Church,  his  place  was  filled  by  Mr.  Dyer,  Mr.  Samuel  C. 
Moore,  and  Mr.  Frederick  W.  Root. 2 

Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  succeeded  Mr.  Havens,  beginning  his 
duties  January  12,  1879,  remaining  until  May  1,  1895,  a 
period  of  more  than  sixteen  years— longer  than  the  pastorate 
of  any  Minister  of  the  Church. 

Other  extracts  from  the  Choir  Journals  will  now  be  given 
in  chronological  order  (1876-1912),  which,  as  they  touch  on 
many  interesting  items  pertaining  to  the  Church  at  large, 
will  be  assigned  a  chapter  by  themselves. 

1  Miss  Eva  Manierre,  afterward  Mrs.  George  E.  Dawson. 
Mr.  Frederick  W.  Root,  nephew  of  Dr.  George  F.  Root,  is  a  well-known  teacher 
01  voice,  composer  and  lecturer;  now  (1913)  resides  in  Chicago. 


I 


CHARLES  ARTHUR  HAVENS. 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR 

The  names  by  which  our  Orchestra  is  designated  in  this 
work  are  all  identical.  "The  Chicago  Orchestra"  (1891)  be- 
came "The  Theodore  Thomas  Orchestra"  (1905),  and  is  now 
(1913)  "The  Chicago  Symphony  Orchestra,  founded  by  Theo- 
dore Thomas." 

1876 
June  19 — Funeral  services  of  Mr.  Alexander  Murison,  con- 
ducted by  Dr.  Mitchell,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Church 
Choir. 

Mr.  Murison  was  born  at  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  October 
20,  1827;  died  in  Rome,  Italy,  March  14,  1876. 

1877 

January  21 — A  Sunday  afternoon  service  was  commenced 

today  at  four  o'clock. 
May  13 — Dr.  Mitchell,  having  received  six  months'  leave  of 

absence,  has  gone  to  Europe.     Dr.  Taylor  in  the  pulpit 

today. 

There  was  no  regular  pulpit  supply  during  Dr.  Mitchell's 
absence.  The  Journal  says  that  Dr.  Eels  of  Cleveland, 
preached  May  27;  Dr.  Simpson  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  June  10th; 
the  Rev.  W.  M.  Blackburn,  D.  D.,  of  the  Presbyterian  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Northwest,  July  1;  and  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Cook,  July  15.  The  afternoon  service  was  discon- 
tinued after  July  1. 
November  4 — Dr.  Mitchell  home  from  Europe;  in  the  pulpit 

today. 
November  18— The  sum  of  $31,000  was  secured  this  morning 

toward  the  debt  on  the  Church. 
December  16— Balance  of  Church  debt  $15,000,  subscribed. 

1878 
May  26— 

Anthem— "Jubilate  in  E  Flat"      -       -       -       S.  P.  Warren 
Offertory — For  Railroad  Chapel;  $4,500  subscribed. 

June  30— Choir  assisted   by  Mrs.  Jenny  T.  Kempton  (A.) 
Anthem — "Thou  Earth,  Waft  Sweet  Incense"        -        Spohr 

Miss  Whitney  and  quartette. 
Offertory— "Seek  Ye  the  Lord"    -       -       -       -        Roberts 


68  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

]\Irs.  Jenny  Twitchell  Kempton,  who  assisted  the  Choir 
on  this  and  other  occasions,  was  a  notable  singer  in  her  day. 
Her  first  important  engagement  was  with  "Father  Kemp's 
Old  Folks'  Concert  Company,"  traveling  with  them  for  sev- 
eral years  before  the  war.  In  1863-64,  she  sang  with  the 
"Richings-Bernard  Opera  Company"  in  San  Francisco,  and 
on  her  return  to  Boston,  appeared  with  the  Handel  and 
Haydn  Society  in  their  "Semi-Centennial  Celebration,"  in 
May,  1865.  She  then  went  abroad,  studying  in  Paris  and 
Italy,  singing  one  season  in  opera  at  "La  Scala"  in  Milan; 
afterward  in  Paris  and  England.  On  her  return  to  America, 
she  traveled  with  Parepa-Rosa  in  concert  and  opera.  In 
1878,  she  made  her  home  in  Chicago,  w^here  she  resided  sev- 
eral years,  as  concert  singer  and  teacher.  Mrs.  Kempton 
now  (1913)  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

October  27 — Sunday  afternoon;  funeral  services  of  Mr.  Au- 
gustus G.  Downs,  conducted  by  Dr.  Mitchell  and  Dr. 
Bascom,  assisted  by  the  Choir. 

November  3 — Historical  sermon  by  Dr.  Mitchell,  "And  thou 
shalt  remember  all  the  way  which  the  Lord  thy  God  led 
thee  these  forty  years."     (Deut.  viii:  2.) 

Dr.  Mitchell  said  that  Chicago  in  1833  consisted  of  about 
300  settlers,  most  of  them  driven  here  for  protection  on 
account  of  the  Blackhawk  war.  This  sermon  was  afterward 
published  under  the  title  of:     "The  Church  on  the  Frontier." 

1879 

January  12 — Mr.  Eddy's  first  service  in  the  Church: 

Prelude — "Communion  in  E"       _       -       -  Saint-Saens 

Postlude — "Marche  Religieuse"   -       -       -  Guilmant 

January  19 — 

Offertory — "Palm  Branches"        _____    Faure 
Mr.  W.  T.  Carleton. 

March  23— The  Rev.  Francis  L.  Patton,  D.  D.,  occupied  the 
pulpit  this  morning;  a  great  sermon. 

November  28— Funeral  services  of  Mr.  Solomon  A.  Smith, 
held  at  the  Church,  conducted  by  Dr.  Mitchell,  with  the 
assistance  of  the  Choir.  Mr.  Eddy  played  the  "Funeral 
March"  of  Chopin  at  the  conclusion  of  the  services.  In 
the  course  of  an  impressive  sermon  on  the  text,  "How 
are  the  mighty  fallen"  (II  Sam.  i:  19),  Dr.  Mitchell  said 
of  Mr.  Smith:    "He  was  known  amongst  all  this    com- 


CLARENCE   EDDY. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 


69 


munity,  and  through  the  Northwest  as  one  of  the  most 
TrS  able,  conservative  and  reUable  men  of  business 
wkh  which  this  city  was  ever  blessed;  a  man  who  held 
Ts  a  sicred  and  inviolate  trust  every thmg  that  was  com- 
mittedTnto  his  hands."  The  pallbearers  were  Messrs. 
George  Armour,  Marshall  Field,  E.  Blackman,  A.  H 
Burley,  E-  T.  Watkins,  John  Tyrell,  Jerome  Beecher  and 
Tohn  B.  Drake. 

Mr  Byron  L.  Smith,  son  of  Mr.  Solomon  A.  Smith,  was  for 
some  years  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  this  Church 
and  was  a  member  (1912)  of  the  Joint  Committee  which 
brought  about  the  union  of  the  First  and  Forty-First  street 
Presbyterian  Churches.  He  is  President  of  the  Northern 
Trust  Company,  of  Chicago. 

DECEMBER  28-Christmas  Celebration;  Mrs.  Chfford  Wil- 
liams (S.)  assisted.  „  ^  •, 
Prelude-"Offertory  on  Two  Christmas  Hymns  Gmlmant 
Anthem— "Behold  the  Days  Come  -  -  -  J^^^^^ 
Anthem— "Sing,  O  Heayens  -  -  Handel 
Postlude— "The  Hallelujah  Chorus  -  -  -  wanaei 
Mr.  Eddy. 

1880 

MARCH  14-Mr.  Harrison  M.  Wild,^   (O.)  in  the  absence  of 

Mr.  Eddy.  .    ^  ,^. 

Prelude-"Second  Movement"  from  "_Sona_ta  in_G  Mmor^^^^ 

■"       ~..r^  ~  .       ,    T-      .,«"  _       -       -  Bach 

Postlude— "St.  Ann's  Fugue         -  ^ 

MAY2-Annual  offering  for  Railroad  Chapel;  $4,/00,  sub- 
scribed. 

August  8-Dr.  Mitchell  announced  his  decision  to  accept  the 
call  from  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Cleveland. 
Ohio. 

August  29-Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D. 

October  3-Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Robert  W.  Patterson,  D.  D. 

OCTOBER  17-Dr.  Mitchell  occupied  the  f  IPil^^^^^^yJ^^J^", 
last   time,    preaching   from   the    text:        O^Jyj^^   yc,u' 
conversation  be  as  it  becometh  the  Gospel  of  Christ 
that  whether  I  come  and  see  you  or  else  be  absent,  1 

r^ay  hear  of  your  affairs,  that  ye  ^t^-^  f-^\V\h"oP"he 
with  one  mind  striving  together  for  the  faith  ol  the 
Gospel."     (PhiU.  i:27.) 

r^ITw-M  came  to  Chicago  from  Hoboken.  N.  Y..  in  'l^l^'^^'^tTTcZt 

1898:  conductor  (1913)  of  the  Mendelssohn  Club. 


70 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 


November  14— Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham,  of  Fall 
River  Mass.;  text,  "Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens,  and 
so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ."     (Galatians  vi :  2.) 

December  26— Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude— "Offertoire"            -----  Guilmant 

Anthem— "O  Zion,  that  Tellest"          -       _       -  Buck 

Anthem— "Sing,  O  Heavens''       -       -       -       -  ^/o"''^ 

Postlude— "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"   -       -       -  Handel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  W.  H.  Aldrich  and 
Miss  Adele  McCord,  sopranos;  Mrs.  J.  T.  Kempton  and 
Mrs.  J.  R.  Custer,  altos;  Mr.  Charles  M.  Smith  and  Mr. 
John  Rattenbury,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  S.  Lee  and  Mr. 
J.  S.  Moore,  basses;  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  (O.). 
A  Christmas  sermon  was  delivered  by  Prof.   Franklin 

W.  Fisk,  D.  D.,  who  supplied  the  pulpit  for  a  year  or  more 

after  Dr.  Mitchell's  departure. 

1881 

January  16— Pulpit  occupied  by  the  Rev.  Edward  H. 
Curtis,  son  of  the  Rev.  Harvey  Curtis,  D.  D.,  Minister 
of  this  Church  from  1850  to  1858.  Text:  "But  without 
a  parable  spake  He  not  unto  them;  and  when  they  were 
alone,  He  expounded  all  things  to  His  disciples."  (St. 
Mark  iv:  34.) 

March  13 — 

Prelude — "First  and  Second  Movements,"  Sonata,  Op.  119, 
----------  Merkel 

Anthem — "Magnificat  in  B  Flat"         -       -       -       Stanford 

Offertory — "O  Come,  Every  One  That  Thirsteth," 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Postlude — "Last  Movement,"  Sonata,   Op.  119,  Merkel 

April  17 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Overture"  to  "The  Messiah"     -  -  Handel 

Anthem — "This  Is  the  Day"         -       _       -  _  Otis 

Anthem — "God  Hath  Appointed  a  Day"  -  -  Tours 

Anthem — "King,  All  Glorious"    -       -       -  -  Barnby 

Postlude — Finale,  "Paschal  Sonata"  -       -  -  Lemmens 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks,  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Aldrich  and  Mrs.  L.  M.  Prentiss,  sopranos;  Mrs. 
J.  A.  Balfour  1  and  Miss  Alice  Coffey,  altos;  Mr.  John 
Rattenbury  and  Mr.  C.  E.  Leech,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  S. 
Lee,  Mr.  W.  L.  Mason  and  Mr.  J.  S.  Moore,  basses; 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  (O.). 

»  Mrs.  Balfour  now  (1913)  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  California. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  71 

Prof.  Fisk  delivered  an  Easter  sermon;  text,  "But  when  the 

young  man  heard  that  saying,  he  went  away  sorrowful; 

for  he  had  great  possessions."     (St.  Matt,  xix:  22.) 
The  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton  made  an  address  in  behalf  of 

Railroad  Chapel;  $4,800,  subscribed. 
July  10 — All  the  selections  from  the  works  of  Mr.  Frederic 

Grant  Gleason.^ 

Prelude — Vorspiel,  "Otho  Visconti" 

Anthem — "Gloria  in  Excelsis,  E  Flat" 

Offertory — "Cast  Thy  Burden  on  the  Lord"  (from  the  Can- 
tata, "God,  Our  DeUverer") 

Postlude — "Overture  Triomphale,  Op.  11." 

July  24 — Sermon  by  Prof.  Fisk;  text,  "All  unrighteousness 
is  sin;  and  there  is  a  sin  not  unto  death."    (I  John  v:  17.) 

July  31 — Announcement  was  made  from  the  pulpit  that  a 
call  had  been  extended  to  the  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  of 
East  Boston,  Mass.,  and  that  he  would  preach  in  this 
Church  on  August  14.  Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Henry 
Montgomery  of  Belfast,  Ireland;  text,  "Therefore  being 
justified  by  faith,  we  have  peace  with  God,  through  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ."     (Romans  v:  1.) 

August  7 — Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D. 

August  14 — Mr.  Barrows  in  the  pulpit,  preaching  from  the 
text,  "God  is  a  Spirit;  and  they  that  worship  Him  must 
worship  Him  in  spirit  and  in  truth."     (St.  John  iv:  24.) 

Mr.  A.  F.  McCarrell,  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church,  organist  in 
the  absence  of  Mr.  Eddy. 

Prelude — "Andante  in  E  Minor,  No.  3"      -        -  Smart 

Anthem — "The  Strain  Upraise"  -       -       -        -  Buck 

Anthem — "Prepare  Ye  the  Way  of  the  Lord"   -  Garrett 

Postlude — "Triumphal  March,"  ("Naaman")     -  Costa 

At  the  evening  service,  Mr.  Barrows  preached  from  the 

text:   "Pilate  saith  unto  Him,  what  is  truth?"      (St.  John 

xviii:  38.) 

The  Choir  selections  were: 

Prelude-~"Second  Sonata,  Op.  42,  No.  2"  -  Merkel 

Anthem — "O  Give  Thanks  unto  the  Lord"        Wm.  Jackson 
Anthem — "God  Is  a  Spirit"  _       _       -       -  Bennett 

Postlude— "Op.  100,  No.  4"         _       _       -       -  Merkel 

November  6 — Mr.  Barrows  began  his  labors  today  as  the 
sixth  Minister  of  the  Church,  preaching  from  the  text: 
"I  am  the  Light  of  the  world."     (St.  John  viii:  12.) 

1  Mr.  Gleason  was  bom  December  17,  1848,  in  Middletown,  Conn.;  came  to  Chi- 
cago in  1877,  as  teacher  of  musical  theory  in  the  Hershey  School  of  Music.  His  prin- 
cipal works  are  the  operas,  "Montezuma,"  and  "Otho  Visconti,"  and  the  "Festival 
Ode,"  written  for  the  opening  of  the  Auditorium,  December  9,  1889.  Mr.  Gleason  died 
December  6,  1903,  in  Chicago. 


72  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

November  17 — Thursday,  P.  M.,  funeral  services  of  the  Rev. 
Zephaniah  Moore  Humphrey,  D.  D.,  the  fourth  Min- 
ister of  the  Church,  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  C.  M.  Hender- 
son, conducted  by  the  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  with  the 
assistance  of  members  of  the  Choir. 

December  4 — An  evening  service  was  commenced  today,  to 
be  continued  throughout  the  winter  months.  Printed 
programmes  of  the  order  of  service  distributed  through 
the  pews,  for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  Church. 

December  8 — Thursday  evening.  Installation  services  of 
the  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows.  The  Rev.  R.  W.  Patterson, 
D.  D.,  was  the  presiding  Minister  and  propounded  the 
constitutional  questions.  The  Rev.  J.  M.  Worrall,  D.D., 
offered  the  invocation  and  read  the  Scripture  lesson. 
The  Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.  D.,  preached  the  sermon. 
Prof.  Franklin  W.  Fisk,  D.  D.,  offered  the  installing 
prayer.  The  charge  to  the  Minister  was  given  by  the 
Rev.  A.  E.  Kittredge,  D.  D.,  and  the  charge  to  the  people 
by  the  Rev.  George  C.  Noyes,  D.  D. 

Prelude — "Overture"  to  "The  Occasional  Oratorio" 

----------  Handel 

Anthem — "The  Twenty-fourth  Psalm"       -       -  Otis 

Anthem — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"     -       -         Mendelssohn 

Duet  sung  by  Mrs.  Farwell  and  Miss  Wallace. 
Anthem — "King,  All  Glorious"    -       -       -       -  Barnby 

Postlude — "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"  ("Mount  of  Olives") 

---------  Beethoven 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by: 

The  Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church;  Mrs.  J.  A. 
Farwell  (S.),  Mrs.  F.  S.  Bagg  (A.),  Mr.  R.  T.  Howard 
(T.)  and  Mr.  H.  L.  Sloan  (B.). 

The  Choir  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church;  Miss  Kittie 
Wallace  (S.),  Miss  Pauline  Rommeiss  (A.),  Mr.  O.  C. 
Snider  (T.)  and  Mr.  A.  L.  Goldsmith  (B.). 

The  Choir  of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church;  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Aldrich  (S.),  Mrs.  C.  F.  Summy  (A.),  Dr.  Charles  T. 
Barnes  (T.)  and  Mr.  William  Sprague  (B.);  Mr.  Clarence 
Eddy  (O). 

The  Chicago  Tribune  on  the  following  day,  speaking  of 
this  service,  said:  "The  music  was  the  best  ever  sung  on  a 
similar  occasion  in  Chicago." 

December  25— Christmas  Celebration: 

Prelude— Overture  to  "The  Messiah"  -       -  Handel 

Anthem—  'Magnificat  in  D"         _       _       _       _  Tours 


JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS 


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Anthem — "O  Zion,  That  Tellest"        -       _       _  Buck 

Anthem — "Our  Psalm  of  Joy"  ("Noel")    -       -  Gounod 

Postlude — "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"  -       -       -  Handel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks  and  Mrs. 
L.  M.  Prentiss,  sopranos;  Miss  Lulu  St.  C.  Tuthill  and 
Miss  Annie  Upton,  altos;  Mr.  John  Rattenbury  and  Mr. 
Charles  M.  Smith, ^  tenors;  Mr.  W.  L.  Mason  and  Mr! 
J.  S.  Moore,  basses;  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  (O). 

1882 

January  1 — Sunday  afternoon.  Choir  assisted  Professor  Fisk 
at  the  funeral  services  of  Mr.  Jesse  Whitehead,  one  of 
the  pioneers  in  the  west. 

Mr.  Whitehead  was  born  in  New  York  City  in  November, 
1800.  His  father,  a  wholesale  merchant  of  that  city,  removed 
with  his  family  in  1812  to  Wheehng,  Va.  Early  in  the 
"forties,"  Jesse  Whitehead  decided  to  go  farther  west  and 
came  to  Madison,  Ind.,  then  a  prosperous  town  on  the  Ohio 
river,  where  he  started  in  business  as  a  merchant.  Mr. 
Whitehead  was  one  of  the  first  to  recognize  the  possibilities 
of  the  steamboat  interest  on  the  Ohio  river — building  laro-e 
ship  yards  at  Madison.  Later,  with  Messrs.  Chauncey  B. 
Blair,  Hugh  McCullough  (afterward  Secretary  of  the  U.  S. 
Treasury)  and  others,  he  organized  the  system  of  State  banks 
throughout  Indiana.  Mr.  Whitehead  came  to  Chicago  in 
1863. 

February  12 — Sermon  by  the  Rev.  George  C.  Lorimer,  D. 
D.2  Text,  "I  am  the  way,  the  truth  and  the  life."  (St. 
John  xiv:  6.) 

March  19 — The  Minister  spoke  in  the  morning  on  the  "Hope- 
lessness of  skepticism  as  illustrated  in  the  case  of  John 
Stuart  Mill." 

April  9 — Easter  Celebration,  for  solo  voices,  chorus  and  or- 
gan. Sermon  by  Mr.  Barrows.  Text,  "If  Christ  be  not 
risen, then  *  *  *  your  faith  is  also  vain."   (I  Cor.  xv.  14.) 

May  21— Miss  Emily  Winant  (A.),  soloist  at  the  May  Festival 
in  Chicago,  sang  at  the  oflfertory,   Adam's   "Christmas 
Song."     Miss    Winant    died    at    New    Rochelle     N     Y 
June  26,  1907. 

»  Mr.  Charles  M.  Smith  died  February  29,  1896,  aged  Sfty-seven.  He  was  a  son 
of  Mr.  Elijah  Smith,  member  of  the  Choir  in  the  "Wooden  Church"  (1849). 

2  The  Rev.  George  C.  Lorimer.  D.  D..  former  Minister  of  the  First  and  Immanuel 
Baptist  Churches  in  Chicago,  died  September  8,  1904,  at  Aix-les-Bains,  France. 


74  PULPIT  A^D  CHOIR. 

May  28— Mrs.  E.  Aline  Osgood  (S.),  soloist  at  the  May  Festi- 
val, sang  during  the  offertory,  "I  Know  That  My  Re- 
deemer Liveth"  (Handel). 

July  23-30 — In  the  absence  of  Mr.  Barrows,  the  pulpit  was 
occupied  by  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Prophet  Elijah  Kumler  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Mr.  L.  J.  Henderson  was  organist  in  August,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  Mr.  Eddy. 
September  10 — 

Prelude — "Adeste  Fideles"  -----       Guilmant 
Postlude — "Concert  Satz,  in  E  Moll"  -       -  Thiele 

Mr.  Eddy. 

Mr.  Barrows  spoke  from  the  text,  "But  seek  ye  first  the 
Kingdom  of  God,  and  His  righteousness"  (St.  Matt,  vi:  33). 

September  17 — Miss  Willard  spoke  at  the  Church  in  the 
evening,  on  "Temperance." 

November  5 — The  Rev.  S.  J.  McPherson  began  his  labors  as 
Minister  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 

November  30 — Thursday  A.  M.  Union  Thanksgiving  Serv- 
ice in  this  Church : 

Prelude — "First  Sonata,  First  Movement"  Mendelssohn 

Anthem — "Cantate  Domino  in  D"      -       -  S.  P.  Warren 

Anthem — "Praise  God  in  His  Holiness"     -  -             Tours 

Anthem — "Sing  Praises  to  God"          _       _  _        Wareing 

Postlude — "Harvest  March  in  C"         -       -  -            Calkin 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Frank  Bristol,  of  Trinity  M.  E.  Church. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks  and 
Miss  Dora  B.  Foreman  (S.),  Miss  May  Phoenix  (A.),  Mr. 
John  Rattenbury  (T.)  and  Mr.  William  Sprague  (B.); 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  (0.). 

December  25 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Anthem — "The  Syrian  Shepherds"      -       -       _       -       Otis 

The  Minister  spoke  on  the  "Kingship  of  Christ."  Text:  "He 
that  is  born  King  of  the  Jews."   (St.  Matt,  ii:  2.) 

"This  morning,"  said  Mr.  Barrows,  "we  celebrate  the  birth- 
day of  our  King,  for  whom,  Napoleon  said  at  St.  Helena, 
'millions  are  willing  to  die.'  " 

1883 

February  18 — Evening  services  began  at  Central  Music  Hall, 
conducted  by  Dr.  Barrows,  with  the  assistance  of  the 


PULPIT  ASD  CHOIR.  75 

Church  Choir  and  a  chorus  under  the  direction  of  Mr. 
W.  L.  Tomlins.    Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist. 

These  services,  held  in  the  heart  of  the  downtown  dis- 
trict of  our  city,  were  conducted  every  Sunday  evening 
through  the  winter  until  May  13,  and  the  results  were  in 
every  way  gratifying.  It  was  an  inspiration  to  hear  the 
great  audience  sing  the  hymns.  The  maintenance  of  this 
work,  until  discontinued  in  1S88,  was  undertaken  by  a  com- 
mittee from  the  First  Church,  consisting  of  Messrs.  John 
Ailing,  George  F.  Bissell,  A.  C.  Bartlett,  Alfred  Cowles, 
Nathan  Corwith,  Henry  Corwith,  John  B.  Drake,  Marshall 
Field,  Charles  D.  Hamill,  Henry  M.  Humphrey,  Marvin 
Hughitt,  Charles  M.  Henderson,  David  W.  Irwin,  Claudius 
B.  Nelson,  George  H.  Laflin,  Dr.  D.  K.  Pearsons,  Byron  L. 
Smith,  H.  M.  Sherwood,  F.  F.  Spencer  and  William  H.  Swift. 

February  25 — ^An  address  given  at  Central  Music  Hall  this 
evening  by  Dr.  Barrows,  on  John  Stuart  Mill. 

March  25 — Easter  celebration,  for  solo  voices,  chorus  and 
organ.  The  Choir  gallery  and  pulpit  decorated  with 
flowers  and  plants,  the  gift  of  Mr.  F.  F.  Spencer. 

April  15 — 

Prelude — Adagio,  "First  Sonata"  -  -  H.  M.  Dunham 
Anthem — "Hear  my  Prayer"        -       _       _  Soutliard 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  S.  J.  McPherson,  D.  D.,  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church. 

May  20 — Miss  Esther  Butler  resigned;  has  taken  a  Choir 
position  in  New  York  City,  and  is  succeeded  by  Mrs. 
J.  C.  Buckbee  (S.). 

June  24 — Celebration  of  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the 
Church: 

Prelude — "Festival  Overture"      -       -       -       -  Nicolai 

Anthem — "Te  Deum  in  G"  -----  Calkin 

Anthem — "O  Saving  Victim"  -  _  -  -  Gounod 
Festival  Hymn — "The  Glories  of  the  Messiah"  -  Otis 
Postlude — "Prelude  and  Fugue"  ("Old  Hundred")        Eddy 

Historical  sermon  by  the  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D.; 
text,  "What  hath  God  wrought?"  (Numbers  xxiii:  23.) 
The  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  D.  D.,  Founder  (1833-35), 
the  Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  D.  D.,  second  Minister  (1839- 
1849),  the    Rev.  Arthur   Mitchell,  D.  D.,   fifth   Minister 


76  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

(1868-80)  and  the  Rev.  R.  W.  Patterson,  D.  D.,  first  Min- 
ister of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  (1842-74),  took 
part  in  the  services. 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  J.  C.  Buckbee,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Sheib,  Miss  Mar- 
garet P.  Sperry  and  Miss  Flora  M.  Williams,  sopranos; 
Mrs,  J.  T.  Kempton  and  Mrs.  Fannie  Harrison,  altos; 
Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  and  Mr.  George  E.  Dawson,  tenors; 
Mr.  John  M.  Hubbard  and  Mr.  Charles  S.  Lee,  basses. 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  (O.). 

In  the  evening  a  union  Communion  service  of  the  First  and 
Second  Churches  was  held  in  the  First  Church,  the  serv- 
ice at  the  table  being  conducted  by  the  venerable  former 
Ministers  of  the  Church,  Dr.  Porter  and  Dr.  Bascom. 

June  25 — Monday  evening,  fellowship  meeting  at  the  Church; 
addresses  by  the  Rev.  S.  J.  McPherson,  D.  D.  (Second 
Presbyterian),  the  Rev.  H.  M.  Scudder,  D.  D.  (Ply- 
mouth Congregational),  the  Rev.  A.  E.  Kittredge,  D,  D.^ 
(Third  Presbyterian),  the  Rt.  Rev.  Charles  E.  Cheney, 
D.  D.  (Christ  Reformed  Episcopal),  the  Rev.  Frank 
Bristol  (Trinity  M.  E.),  the  Rev.  P.  S.  Henson,  D.  D. 
(First  Baptist),  and  the  Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.  D. 
The  large  Choir  of  the  Sunday  service  was  assisted  this 
evening  by  Miss  May  Phoenix  (A.),-  Mr.  Charles  A. 
Knorr  (T.)  and  Mr.  William  Sprague  (B.).^ 

June  26 — Tuesday  evening.  The  Jubilee  exercises  termi- 
nated in  a  reception  held  in  the  parlors  of  the  Church. 

July  15 — The  Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  preacher.  A  great 
crowd  took  possession  of  the  Church  early  in  the  morning, 
to  the  exclusion  of  the  regular  attendants.  Mr.  Beech- 
er's  sermon  was  on  "Love  and  Christianity,"  in  which 
he  put  forth  some  advanced  ideas  on  religion. 

August  26  and  September  2— Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin,  organist, 
in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Eddy. 

October  7 — Evening  services  began  at  Central  Music  Hall. 

November  11— The  400th  anniversary  of  Martin  Luther's 
birth,  observed: 

1  The  Rev.  Abbott  E.  Kittredge,  D.  D.,  was  Minister  of  the  Third  Presbyterian 
Church,  Chicago  (1870-1886);  died  December  16,  1912,  in  New  York  City. 

2  Miss  May  Phoenix,  afterivard  Mrs.  John  A.  Cameron. 

3  Mr  William  Sprague,  of  Sprague,  Smith  &  Co.,  glass  dealers,  came  to  Chicago 
m  1858;  sang  with  the  Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  at  various  times  until 
1864;  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  Apollo  Musical  Club  (1872);  director  of  the  Choir 
of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church  (1871-1904);  died  in  Chicago,  October  10.  1906. 


FIRST   PREvSBVTERIAN   CHURCH. 
Indiana  Avenue  and  Twenty-First  Street  (1912). 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  77 

Prelude — "Theme  and  Variations,  Luther  Chorale"        Eddy 

Anthem — Selections    from    Cantata,    "A    Stronghold    Sure" 

----------  Bach 

Anthem — "The  Lord  is  Great  in  Zion"       -       -  Best 

Postlude — "Festival  Overture"    -       -       -       -  Nicolai 

Sermon  by  Dr.  Barrows,  "Martin  Luther  and  the  Reforma- 
tion." 

December  23 — Christmas  Celebration :  The  regular  Choir 
was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks  and  Miss  Margaret 
P.  Sperry,  sopranos;  Mrs.  H.  A.  Cox  (A.);  Mr.  Charles 
H.  Clark  (T.)  and  Mr.  Charles  S.  Lee  (B.). 

Prelude — Overture,  "The  Messiah"     -       -       -  Handel 

Anthem — "Sing,  O  Daughter  of  Zion"        -       -  Gadsby 

Anthem — "O  Saving  Victim"       -       -       -       -  Gounod 

Christmas  Hymn — "The  Syrian  Shepherds"      -  Otis 

Anthem — "O  Sing  to  God"  -----  Gounod 
Postlude — The  Hallelujah  Chorus  ("The  Messiah") 

----------  Handel 

1884 

January  27 — The  service  at  Central  Music  Hall  this  evening 
was  in  the  interest  of  "Prohibition  of  Sale  of  Liquors  to 
Minors."  Addresses  were  made  by  Dr.  Barrows,  the 
Rev.  Edward  E.  Hale,  D.  D.,  of  Boston,  Messrs.  Horton 
and  Bonney. 

February  17 — Dr.  Barrows'  address  at  Central  Music  Hall 
in  the  evening,  on  "Some  Personal  Reminiscences  of 
Wendell  PhilHps." 

March  9 — In  the  evening  at  Central  Music  Hall,  the  Nash- 
ville Colored  Singers,  and  several  colored  preachers, 
entertained  an  immense  audience. 

April  6 — The  Rev.  Walter  Manning  Barrows,  D.  D.,  brother 
of  the  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D.,  spoke  at  Central 
Music  Hall  in  the  evening  on  his  eight  years  of  mission- 
ary work  among  the  Mormons  in  Utah. 
Dr.  Walter  Manning  Barrows  died  at  Mackinac  Island, 
August  10,  1899. 

April  13 — Easter  Celebration.  The  regular  Choir  was  as- 
sisted by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks  and  Miss  May  Bevan,  so- 
pranos; Miss  Willoughby  (A.) ;  Mr.  George  E.  Dawson  (T.) ; 
and  Mr.  Charles  S.  Lee  (B.). 

Prelude — Chorale  and  Variations  on  "Jerusalem  the 

Golden"    --------  Spark 

Anthem — "Break  Forth  into  Joy"  -  -  -  Barnby 
Anthem — "O  Saving  Victim"  _  -  -  -  Gounod 
Offertory — Quartette,  "O  Lord,  Veil  not  Thy  Face" 

---------  Beethoven 


78  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Anthem— "God  Hath  Appointed  a  Day"  -       -  Tours 

Postlude— The  Hallelujah  Chorus  ("The  Messiah") 

___-------  Handel 

May  4 — 

Prelude— Adagio,  "Sixth  Symphony"         -       -  Wider 

Anthem— "The  Lord  is  Exalted"         -       -       -  J.  E.  West 
Offertory — "Blessed  are  They  that  Do  God's  Command- 
ments"     ___-----  Armes 
Postlude — "Triumphal  March"    -       -       -       -  Dolby 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton. 

May  25— 

Offertory — "Nazareth"  _       _       _       -       _         Gounod 

Mr.  W.  T.  Carleton. 

The  evening  service  at  Central  Music  Hall  was  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  Dr.  Bar- 
rows spoke  on  our  illustrious  dead.  Mr.  Hubbard  sang 
"The  Battle  Hymn  of  the  Republic." 

August  3 — The  Rev.  S.  J.  McPherson,  D.  D.,  preacher. 

August  10,  17 — Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin  (O.). 

August  24,  31— Mr.  A.  F.  McCarrell^  (O.). 

Prelude — Intermezzo,  "Sonata  in  A  Minor"        Rheinberger 
Postlude — "March  in  B  Minor"    -       -       -       -       Schubert 

September  7 — The  first  organ  number  this  morning,  the 
Prelude  to  Saint-Saens'  oratorio,  "The  Deluge,"  was  very 
appropriate,  as  the  rain  was  coming  down  in  torrents. 

October  12 — All  the  selections  this  morning  by  Joseph  Rhein- 
berger: the  "Pastoral  Sonata"  and  the  two  motettes, 
"I  am  Well  Pleased"  and  "The  Lord  Give  Ear  to  Thee." 

November  2 — Evening  services  began  at  Central  Music  Hall. 

December  28 — Christmas  Celebration.  A  day  of  sleet  and 
rain,  walks  covered  with  ice,  and  the  attendance  in  Church 
small.  An  elaborate  display  of  flowers  about  the  choir 
gallery  and  pulpit.  The  Choir  numbers  all  important 
and  well  sung,  especially  Henry  Gadsby's  anthem,  "Sing, 
O  Daughter  of  Zion."  Sermon  by  Dr.  Barrows  on  the 
subject  of  Home  Missions. 

1885 

March  1 — Sermon  at  Central  Music  Hall  this  evening  by  Dr. 
Barrows,  on  "Mahomet  and  His  Religion." 

March  15 — 

Anthem — "Benedictus  in  C"         -       -       -       S.  P.  Warren 
Offertory — "The  Pilgrims"    -----  Leslie 

March  29— The  Rev.  Dr.  Allen,  Secretary  of  the  Freedmen's 
Board,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  at  one  time  a  slave  owner, 

*  Mr.  McCarrell  is  now  (1913)  organist  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 


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CLAUDIUS   HLCHANAN   KELSON. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  79 

as  were  his  fathers  before  him,  occupied  the  pulpit  this 
morning,  preaching  in  the  interests  of  the  freedmen. 
The  death  of  Mr.  C.  B.  Nelson,  an  Elder  of  this  Church, 
was  announced. 

April  1 — Wednesday  afternoon;  Dr.  Barrows  and  the  Choir 
took  part  in  the  funeral  services  of  Mr.  Nelson,^  at  his 
late  residence  in  Hyde  Park. 

April  26— Evening  services  at  Central  Music  Hall,  closed. 

May  17— The  Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.  D.,  preacher. 

May  24— Mr.  Louis  P.  Hoyt,  organist.  The  Rev.  D.  C.  Mar- 
quis, D.  D.,  preacher. 

May  31— 

Prelude— "Meditation"  _       -       _       -       -   F.  Capocci 

Anthem — "Bonum  Est  in  G"       -       -       -       -  Buck 

Offertory— "O  Lord  Most  Holy"  -       -      Schubert-Otis 

Postlude— "Finale"        ------   F.  Capocci 

Sermon  by  the   Rev.  W.  A.  Bartlett,  D.  D.,  of  Washington. 
D.  C. 
During  the  month  of  July,  extensive  repairs  were  made 

in  the  Church,  and  union  services  were  held  in  the  Second 

Presbyterian    Church,    Dr.    Barrows    occupying    the    pulpit. 

During  the  month  of  August,  union  services  were  held  in  the 

First  Church,  the  Rev.  E.  C.  Ray,  D.  D.,  preacher. 

August  9 — Memorial  service  for  ex-President  Grant. 

Offertory— "O  for  a  Closer  Walk  with  God"     -  Foster 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  E.  C.  Ray,  D.  D. 

October  11 — Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Breed  of  St.  Paul, 
Minn. 

November  15 — Evening  services  at  Central  Music  Hall  re- 
sumed. 

December  6 — 

Prelude— "Second  Sonata"  -       -       -       -         Rheinberger 
Sermon  by  Dr.  Barrows;  text:     "Behold  the  Lamb  of  God." 
(St.  John  i:  29.) 

December  20 — 

Offertory — "If  with  all  your  Hearts"  -        Mendelssohn 

Mr.  R.  M.  Sterrett. 


1  Mr.  Claudius  Buchanan  Nelson  came  to  Chicago  in  1842.  and  entered  the  hard- 
ware firm  of  Blair  &  Stimson,  afterward  known  as  William  Blair  &  Co.  Later  he  be- 
came a  partner,  and  continued  with  this  firm  until  1881,  when  he  withdrew.  Mr. 
Nelson  was  received  into  the  membership  of  the  Church,  August  5,  1844,  by  letter 
from  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Erie,  Pa.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Lake  Forest  University,  and  a  director  in  the  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary  of 
the  Northwest;  died  at  Hyde  Park,  March  29,  1885,  aged  sixty-five. 


80  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

1886 

January  3 — The  Choir:  Miss  Carrie  Davis  (S.),Miss  Christine 
Nielson   (A.),  Mr.  R.  M.  Sterrett   (T.) ,  Mr.   Eugene  C. 
Cowles  (B.),  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 
Anthem — "I  Will  Sing  of  Thy  Power"        -       -        Sullivan 

Mr.  John  M.  Hubbard,  who  is  succeeded  today  by  Mr, 
Eugene  C.  Cowles,  came  to  Chicago  in  1864  and  entered  the 
Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  on  the  first  Sunday 
after  his  arrival.  He  has  been  with  the  First  Church  since 
January  2,  1876.  His  choir  work  in  Chicago  covers  a  period 
of  thirty-nine  years;  twenty-five  years  in  all  with  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church,  ending  September,  1903;  ten  years  with 
the  First  Church;  two  years  with  Unity  Church  (Rev.  Robert 
CoUyer's);  one  year  with  Plymouth  Congregational  and  part 
of  a  year  with  Union  Park  Congregational.  Mr.  Hubbard 
was  the  first  to  sing,  "Tramp,  Tramp,  Tramp  the  Boys  are 
Marching,"  on  a  Saturday  evening  in  1864,  at  the  Ada  street 
skating  rink,  with  Captain  A.  R.  Sabin,  William  Root  and 
Martell  Clark. ^  "We  rehearsed  the  song,"  says  Mr.  Hubbard, 
"in  the  afternoon  with  Dr.  Root  in  his  study  in  the  rear  of 
Root  &  Cady's  store  on  Clark  street.  Dr.  Root  was  doubtful 
as  to  the  success  of  the  song  on  account  of  the  great  popular- 
ity of  'The  Battle  Cry  of  Freedom.'  But  that  night,  at  the 
Rink,  we  sang  'Tramp,  Tramp,  Tramp,'  again  and  again, 
until  the  great  audience  learned  it,  and  then  they  sang  with 
us."  Mr.  Hubbard  took  an  active  part  with  the  Illinois 
Campaign  Glee  Club  in  the  Presidential  campaigns  of  1872, 
'76,  '80,  canvassing  Illinois,  with  Logan,  Oglesby  and  CuUom, 
later  in  Indiana  and  Ohio,  with  Blaine,  Conkling  and  Morton. 
Since  1889  Mr.  Hubbard  has  been  the  Assistant  Postmaster 
in  Chicago. 

January  10 — 

Offertory — "Hear  My  Prayer"      -       -       -        Mendelssohn 
Miss  Davis. 

January  15— Members  of  the  Choir  took  part  in  the  fu- 
neral services  of  Mr.  Daniel  Amasa  Jones,  conducted  by 
Dr.  Barrows  and  Prof.  Fisk.  The  ladies  from  the  Old 
People's  Home  came  in  a  body  to  pay  final  respects  to 
their  benefactor. 

Mr.  Jones  was  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  June  29,  1807; 
came  to  Chicago  in  1859.  He  was  one  of  the  Trustees  of 
Calvary  Presbyterian  Church,   and  a  member  of  the  com- 

Mr.  E.  Martell  Clark  (B.),  was  an  old  time  Choir  and  concert  singer;  member  of 
the  ApoUo  Musical  Club  (1874-75),  and  for  nearly  half  a  centurj^  associated  with  Lyon 
&  Healy.  as  piano  tuner.     Mr.  Clark  died  in  Chicago,  December  21.  1909. 


JOHN   MAVNARU   HUBBARD. 
By  Permission  of  J.  E.  Purdy  &  Co..  Boston. 


DR.  ROBERT  C.  HAMILI. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  81 

mittee  instrumental  in  bringing  about  the  union  with  the 
First  Church;  died  in  Chicago,  January  11,  1886. 

January  24 — 

Offertory — "Judge  Me,  O  God"   -       -       -       -  Buck 

Mr.  Eugene  C.  Cowles. 

April  25 — Easter  service  by  regular  Choir.  Offering  this 
morning  for  Railroad  Chapel,  S7,400. 

May  2 — Sermon  by  Mr.  Dwight  L.  Moody. 

May  9 — Dr.  Barrows  announced  from  the  pulpit  that  he 
should  spend  the  summer  in  Europe,  leaving  home  early 
in  June.  Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Dana.  (The  Rev. 
Herrick  Johnson,  D.  D.,  filled  the  pulpit  during  the  sum- 
mer months.) 

May  20 — Funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Augustus  G.  Downs,  at 
her  late  residence,  conducted  by  Dr.  Barrows  and  the 
Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  D.  D.,  assisted  by  members  of  the 
Choir. 

A  reception  was  held  in  the  Church  in  the  evening  (Thurs- 
day) for  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Barrows. 

July  24 — Funeral  services  of  Dr.  R.  C.  Hamill  held  at  the 
Church.     Mr.  A.  W.  Dohn,  organist. 

Dr.  Robert  C.  Hamill  was  born  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1808;  came  to  Chicago,  first,  in  1847;  later,  in  1852. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hamill  were  received  into  the  membership  of 
the  First  Church,  April  28,  1858.  He  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porators of  the  Academy  of  Medical  Science  in  1859;  took  an 
active  part  during  the  Civil  War  in  the  organization  of  the 
Soldiers'  Rest  and  the  Soldiers'  Home.  He  was  consulting 
physician  of  Cook  County  Hospital  in  1866;  Vice-President 
of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  Trustee  of  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege, and  had  been  a  member  of  the  Session  of  the  First 
Church  for  many  years. 

Three  of  Dr.  Hamills  sons  have  been  identified  with  the 
life  of  the  First  Church;  Mr.  Charles  D.  Hamill,  well  known 
in  the  art  and  musical  growth  of  Chicago,  who  died  January 
11,  1905;  Mr.  T.  W.  Hamill,  now  residing  in  Chicago,  and 
Mr.  Ernest  A.  Hamill,  some  time  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  this  Church,  member  of  the  present  Committee 
on  Music,  and  President  of  the  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank 
of  Chicago. 


82  pulpit  and  choir. 

December  12 — 

Offertory— "Sing  Ye  Praise"  ("Hymn  of  Praise") 

_____----        Mendelssohn 
Mr.  Charles  Abercrombie.* 

December  26— Christmas  Celebration.  The  principal  Choir 
numbers  were  Tours'  anthem,  "Sing,  Ye  Heavens,"  and 
Gilchrist's  motette,  "It  Came  upon  the  Midnight  Clear." 
The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Florence  H. 
Henderson  and  :Miss  Genie  M.  Baldwin,  sopranos;  Mrs. 
Agnes  Cox  and  Miss  LilHan  B.  Allen,  altos;  Mr.  Charles 
Abercrombie  (T.),  Mr.  W.  P.  McHenry  (B.);  Mr.  Clarence 
Eddy  (O.). 

1887 

J.ANUARY  2— The  Choir:  Miss  Esther  Butler  (S.),  Miss  Chris- 
tine Nielson  (A.),  Mr.  Charles  Abercrombie  (T.),  and  Mr, 
Eugene  C.  Cowles  (B.).  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist 
and  director. 

January  16 — Choir  enlarged  for  the  Sunday  morning  serv- 
ices: three  sopranos,  three  altos,  two  tenors  and  two 
basses. 

April  10 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Jerusalem,  the  Golden"      -       -       -  Spark 

Anthem — "God  hath  Appointed  a  Day"    -       -  Tours 

Anthem — "Why  Seek  Ye  the  Living  among  the  Dead" 

---------S.  P.  Warren 

Easter  Song — "The  Resurrection"       _       _       _         Shelley 

Miss  Christine  Nielson. 
Offertory — "See  Now  the  Altar  Garlanded  with  Flowers" 

---------         Faure-Buck 

Easter  Sermon — The  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D. 
Address  on  behalf  of  Railroad  Chapel — The  Rev.  Charles  M. 

Morton. 
Postlude — The  Hallelujah  Chorus  ("Mount  of  Olives") 

----------  Beethoven 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Lillie  Hinman,  Miss 
Jessica  Jenks  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Rhodes,  sopranos;  Miss 
M.  J.  Kirkland  and  Miss  Stella  Lawrence,  altos;  Mr. 
Philo  A.  Otis  and  Mr.  Harry  T.  Stallwood,  tenors;  Mr. 
Charles  S.  Lee  and  Mr.  John  M.  Hubbard,  Jr.,  basses; 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  (O.). 

May  22 — Sunday,  2:15  P.  M.,  funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Charles 
Huntington  Starkweather,  at  the  residence  of  her  father, 
;Mr.  James  Otis,  1216  Michigan  avenue,  conducted  by 
Dr.  Barrows,  assisted  by  the  Choir  of  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church.     Mrs.  Starkweather  died  May  20. 

'  Mr.  Abercrombie  had  been  a  member  of  the  choir  in  the  Chapel  Royal,  London; 
later  with  King's  Chapel,  Boston;  came  to  Chicago  in  December,  1886. 


THE   FIRST   I'KKSBV  1  1-.K1A.\    >.  1  i  I   K^li 
Indiana  Avenue  and  Twenty-First  Street  (1887). 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  83 

June  24 — Funeral  services  of  Otis  Starkweather,  oldest  son 
of  Mr.  Charles  Huntington  Starkweather  and  the  late 
Lurena  Otis  Starkweather,  held  at  the  residence  of  his 
grandfather,  Mr.  James  Otis,  1216  Michigan  avenue,  con- 
ducted by  Dr.  Barrows,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Choir 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church.  Otis  Starkweather 
died  June  22. 

September  28 — Wednesday  afternoon,  funeral  services  of  Mr. 
William  Cutting  Grant. 

Mr.  Grant  was  born  at  Lyme,  N.  H.,  October  8,  1829. 
He  came  to  Chicago  in  1857,  and  for  some  years  was  a  partner 
in  the  law  firm  of  Williams,  Woodbridge  &  Grant.  Later,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Grant  &  Swift;  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  September  24,  1887,  partner  in  the  firm  of  Grant, 
Brady  &  Northrup.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grant  wxre  admitted  to 
the  membership  of  this  Church  in  March,  1858. 

December  25 — Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — Offertory  on  two  Christmas  Hymns,   No.  2, 

----------     Guiimant 

Anthem — "The  Syrian  Shepherds"      -       _       -  Otis 

Anthem — "There  Were  Shepherds  Abiding  in  the  Field" 

----------        Vogrich 

Offertory — "Sweetly  through  the  Night"   -       -         Shelley 
Christmas  Song — "Nazareth"       _       _       _       _        Gounod 

Mr.  Eugene  C.  Cowles. 
Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"   -       -       -       -         Handel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  P.  R.  Carlson,  Mrs. 

D.  C.  Joslyn  and  Miss  Bessie  Butler,  sopranos;  Mrs.  Agnes 
Cox  and  Miss  Stella  Lawrence,  altos;  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis 
and  Mr.  D.  A.  Clippinger,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  S.  Lee  and 
Mr.  Frank  Pearson,  basses.  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organ- 
ist and  director. 

1888 

January  1— The  Choir;  Miss  Esther  Butler  (S.),  Miss  Christ- 
ine Nielson  (A.),  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.)  and  Mr.  C.  H. 
Greenleaf  (B.),  succeeding  Mr.  Eugene  C.  Cowles.*  Mr. 
Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 

February  16  —  Wednesday  P.  M.,  funeral  services  of  Mr. 
Philo  Adams  Wilbor,  held  at  the  residence  of  ]\Ir.  Joseph 

E.  Otis,  1730  Prairie  avenue,  conducted  by  the  Rev.  John 
H.  Barrows,  D.  D.,  and  the  Rev.  Simon  J.  McPherson, 
D.  D.,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Choir  of  the  First  Church. 

1  Mr.  Cowles  resigned  to  take  a  position  in  the  Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  remaining  with  the  Second  Church  several  years.  He  is  now  engaged  in 
light  opera  work. 


84  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Few  young  men  were  more  loved  and  esteemed  in  the 
life  of  the  First  Church,  than  Philo  Adams  Wilbor.  Our 
mothers  were  sisters,  daughters  of  Deacon  Philo  Adams,  of 
Huron,  Erie  County,  Ohio.  Deacon  Adams,  after  whom  my 
cousin  and  I  were  named,  found  time,  though  a  farmer,  to 
be  the  village  postmaster,  sheriff  of  the  county  and,  in  1821- 
32,  a  contractor  under  the  United  States  Government.  Wil- 
bor's  life  and  mine  had  much  in  common.  We  entered  the 
same  college,  Western  Reserve  at  Hudson,  Ohio,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1866,  and  I  in  1868. 

He  met  with  a  serious  accident  when  a  child,  which 
caused  a  disorder  of  the  hip,  resulting  in  lameness,  from  which 
he  never  recovered.  Having  a  brilliant  mind  and  being  a  close 
student,  he  led  his  class  through  college  and  received  the 
highest  honors  at  graduation.  His  scholarly  tastes  endeared 
him  to  professors  and  students  alike.  He  came  to  Chicago 
in  1866  to  attend  the  funeral  of  my  mother  at  our  home, 
369  (now  1216)  Michigan  avenue.  At  the  suggestion  of  my 
father,  he  remained  in  Chicago  to  enter  the  service  of  the 
First  National  Bank,  then  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Lake 
and  Clark  streets,  when  Mr.  Edmund  Aiken  was  its  President. 
He  continued  with  the  bank  until  1885,  when  he  was  given 
leave  of  absence  for  a  tour  of  the  world.  He  returned  in 
poor  health  in  July,  1887,  a  serious  heart  difficulty  having 
developed.  His  death,  February  14,  1888,  was  a  great  blow, 
as  he  was  like  an  elder  brother  to  me.  We  had  the 
same  names,  the  same  tastes,  visited  the  same  houses.  Profess- 
or Thomas  Day  Seymour  of  Yale  College,  wrote,  when  he 
heard  of  my  cousin's  illness:  "The  thought  of  no  other 
friend  carries  me  back  so  far  and  to  so  much  that  was  at- 
tractive. When  I  saw  him  in  Athens,  two  years  ago,  he 
seemed  very  delicate.  Wilbor  had  a  rare  power  in  his  very 
youth  of  attracting  friends."  Mr.  Frank  F.  Morrill  of  New- 
buryport,  Mass.,  my  classmate  (1868),  in  a  recent  letter 
(1912),  said: 

"Where  could  you  match  then,  where  could  you  match 
now,  or  at  any  time  in  the  interval,  the  superlative  merits, 
the  fineness  of  fiber,  the  devotion  to  the  loftiest  ideals,  of 
Philo  Adams  Wilbor." 


PHILO  ADAMS  WILBOR. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  85 

April  1 — Easter  Celebration : 

Prelude — "Alleluia,"  from  "Easter  Sonata"      -  Lemmens 

Anthem — "King,  AH  Glorious"    -       -       -       -  Barnby 

Anthem — "Hark,  Hark,  My  Soul"       _       -       -  Shelley 
Anthem — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"      -       -         Mendelssohn 

Miss  Butler,  Miss  Hiltz  and   chorus. 

Anthem — "God  hath  Appointed  a  Day"    -       -  Tours 

Postlude — "Easter  March"   -----  Merkel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Grace  Hiltz  and  Miss 
Florence  H.  Henderson,'  sopranos;  Miss  Stella  Lawrence 
and  Mrs.  Agnes  Cox,  altos;  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  (T.),  Mr. 
Charles  S.  Lee  (B.).     Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  (O.). 

May  6 — Annual  collection  for  Railroad  Chapel;  $6,400  sub- 
scribed. Miss  Fannie  Aiken  (S.)  succeeds  Miss  Esther 
Butler,  and  Mr.  George  H.  lott,  succeeds  Mr.  C.  H. 
Greenleaf  (B.). 

August  5 — Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin  (O.),  in  the  absence  of  Mr. 
Eddy. 

November  29 — Union  Thanksgiving  services  by  the  First 
and  Second  Presbyterian,  Plymouth  Congregational,  Im- 
manuel  Baptist,  Christ  Reformed  Episcopal  and  Trinity 
Methodist  Episcopal  Churches,  held  in  the  First  Church : 
Prelude— -"Jerusalem,  the  Golden"      -       -       -  Spark 

Anthem — "Ye  shall  Dwell  in  the  Land"    -       -  Stainer 

Offertory — "Thanksgiving  Anthem"  -       -       -    Schnecker 
Postlude — "Thanksgiving  March"        _       _       _  Calkin 

The  Choir:  Miss  Fannie  Aiken  (S.),  Miss  Christine  Nielson 
(A.),  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.)  and  Mr.  A.  D.  Eddy  (B.). 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  (O.). 

December  23 — Christmas  service,  for  solo  voices  and  chorus: 
Offertory — "Our  Psalm  of  Joy"  ("Noel")  -       -         Gounod 

1889 

The  Choir:  Miss  Fannie  Aiken  (S.),  Miss  Christine  Nielson  (A.), 
Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.),  Mr.  George  H.  lott  (B.).  Mr. 
Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 

April  7 — Annual  collection  for  Railroad  Chapel;  $6,600  sub- 
scribed. 

April  21 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Alleluia"  from  "Easter  Sonata"        -     Lemmens 
Anthem — "Awake,  Thou  that  Sleepest"     -       -  Maker 

Carol— "Sweetly  the  Birds  are  Singing"     -       -  Draper 

Anthem — "Faintly  and  Softly  the  Rosy  Shaft  of  Morning" 
----------    Schnecker 


1  Afterward,  Mrs.  Rudolph  Matz. 


86  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Aria— "I  Know  that  My  Redeemer  Liveth"      -  Handel 

Miss  Aiken. 
Anthem — "See  Now  the  Altar  Garlanded  with  Flowers" 

____-----         Faure-Buck 
Postlude— "Easter  March"  -----  Merkel 

April  28— Patriotic  service,  consisting  of  national  songs  by 
the  Choir  and  a  sermon  by  Dr.  Barrows.  Subject,  "The 
Birth  of  a  Nation." 

April  30 — Tuesday  morning.  Centennial  Celebration  of  the 
Nation's  birthday.  The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by 
Miss  Genie  M.  Baldwin  (S.),  Mrs.  Katharine  Fisk  (A.), 
Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  (T.),  Mr.  F.  M.  Ramsey  (B.)  and  the 
Elgin  Band,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  J.  Hecker.  The 
First  Regiment  I.  N.  G.  attended  the  service.  National 
songs  were  sung  by  the  Choir,  Sunday  School  and  Con- 
gregation, and  an  address  was  delivered  by  Dr.  Barrows; 
subject,  "A  Hundred  Years."  The  Church  was  decorat- 
ed with  flags,  and  a  program  printed  in  the  national 
colors,  with  a  portrait  of  George  Washington,  was  pre- 
pared for  the  occasion. 

May  31 — Funeral  services  of  Mr.  Nathan  Corwith,  conducted 
by  the  Rev.  Dr.  McPherson,  with  the  assistance  of  the 
Choir  of  the  First  Church. 

From  June  1  to  October  1,  Mr.  Eddy  was  in  Europe,  and 
his  place  was  filled  by  Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin.  Miss  Christine 
Nielson  resigned  in  May,  to  go  abroad  for  study,  and  her 
place  was  taken  by  Mrs.  Katharine  Fisk.  The  Church  was 
closed  during  the  months  of  July  and  August,  for  repairs. 
During  September,  services  were  held  in  the  lecture  room 
on  Sunday  mornings. 

June  2— Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Hall,  D.  D. 

September  15 — Mr.  George  H.  lott  (B.)  tendered  his  resig- 
nation; succeeded  on  November  10,  by  Mr.  Arthur 
Beresford. 

A  series  of  praise  services  was  commenced  Sunday 
evening,  Novem.ber  24,  in  the  Church  and  continued  through 
the  winter. 

December  29 — Morning  service : 

Offertory — "O  Rest  in  the  Lord"         -       -        Mendelssohn 
Miss  Gertrude  Edmands. 

A  Christmas  service  was  held  in  the  evening: 

Prelude — "Christmas  Pastorale"  -       _       _  Merkel 


CHARLES   D.    IRWIX. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  87 

Anthem — "Christmas"  ------  Shelley 

For  soprano  solo,  ladies'  quartette,  chorus,  harp,  violin 
and  organ. 
Song — "In  Dreams  I've  Heard  the  Seraphs"     -  Faure 

"Largo" —        ________  Handel; 

Harp,  violin  and  organ. 
Sermon — "The  Old  Year" — Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.   D. 
Carol — "Thou  didst  Leave  Thy  Throne"    -       -  Powell 

Postlude — "Grand  Solemn  March"      -       -       -  Smart 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  LilHan  E.  Randall 
and  Miss  M.  L.  Davis,  sopranos;  Miss  Rose  Bilton  (A.); 
Mr.  E.  C.  Greenleaf  (T.);  Mr.  John  S.  Carpenter  (B.); 
Mme.  Josephine  Chatterton  (harp);  Mr.  Adolph  Rosen- 
becker  (violin);  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  di- 
rector. 

1890 

The  Choir:  Miss  Fannie  Aiken  (S.),  Mrs.  Katharine  Fisk  (A.), 
Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.)  and  Mr.  Arthur  Beresford  (B.); 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 

Miss  Aiken  resigned  May  1,  and  her  place  was  taken 
by  Miss  Electa  Gifford.  Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin  was  organist 
during  the  month  of  August,  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Eddy. 

August  18 — Monday  afternoon,  Dr.  Barrows,  assisted  by 
members  of  the  Choir,  conducted  the  funeral  services  of 
Mrs.  Rebecca  M.  Whitehead. 

December  28 — Christmas  celebration : 

Prelude — "Christmas  Pastorale"          _       _  _           Merkel 

Anthem — "There  Were  Shepherds"    -       -  Blumenschein 

Carol — "Thank  God  on  Christmas  Morning"  -          Hatton 

Sung  by  the  Sunday-school  children,  led  by 
Mr.  Adam  Craig. 

Recitative  and  Aria — "O  Thou  that  Tellest"  -          Handel 

Mrs.  Fisk. 

Anthem — "See  Now  the  Altar"   _       -       _  Faure-Buck 
Sermon — "The  Messiah  has  Come"    -  Rev.    John    H.    Bar- 
rows, D.  D. 

Carol~"The  Blessed  Story"         _       _       _  _           Geibel 

Sung  by  the  Sunday-school  children. 

Postlude— "ForjjUnto  Us  a  Child  is  Born"  -          Handel 

Evening  Service. 
Prelude — "Christmas  Offertoire  in  C"         -       -  Grison 

Organ — "March  of  the  Magi  Kings"   -       -       -  Dubois 

Violin  Solo — "Benedictus"    -       -       -       -  MacKenzie 

Song — "Christmas"        ______  Shelley 

Miss  Gifford,  accompanied  by  violin  and  organ. 
Flute  Solo — "Prayer"    _       -       -       _       _  Terschack 

Anthem — "The  Syrian  Shepherds"      _       _       _  Qtis 

Sermon — "The  Wonderful" — Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D. 
Anthem — "Arise  and  Shine"         _       _       _       _  Maker 

Organ  Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"       -       -  Handel 


88  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  E.  P.  Arters,  Miss 
Lilhan  E.  Randall,  Miss  L.  M.  Davis,  sopranos;  Miss  Rose 
Bilton  (A.),  Mr.  C.  W.  Crankshaw  (T.),  Mr.  Frank  Pear- 
son (B.),  Mr.  Adolph  Rosenbecker  (violin),  Mr.  E.  S. 
Timmons  (flute),  Mr.  John  Quinn  (cornet).  Mr.  Clar- 
ence Eddy  (O.). 

1891 

The  Choir:  Miss  Electa  Gifford  (S.),  Mrs.  Katharine  Fisk  (A.), 
Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.),  and  Mr.  Arthur  Beresford  (B.), 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 

January  18 — Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  preacher. 

May  17 — Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier  ''A.)  returns  to  her  old 
position,  succeeding  Mrs.  Fisk. 

Mrs.  Katharine  Fisk  made  her  first  public  appearance  with 
the  Apollo  Musical  Club  (Chicago)  in  "The  Messiah,"  Decem- 
ber 26,  1890.  She  sang  with  the  Worcester  (Mass.)  Festival 
(1893),  Gloucester  Festival,  England  (1895),  Norwich  Festi- 
val, England  (1896),  and  London  Philharmonic  (1898). 
Afterward,  Mrs.  Fisk  returned  to  New  York  City  and  was 
solo  contralto  in  St.  Bartholomew's  Episcopal  Church.  She 
now  (1913)  resides  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

The  offering  this  morning  was  for  Railroad  Chapel; 
$7,000.00  subscribed. 

The  new  building  of  Railroad  Chapel,  3825  Dearborn 
street,  was  formally  opened  today. 

June  14 — Mr.  Arthur  Beresford^  resigns  and  is  succeeded  by 
Mr.  Edward  A.  Allen  (B.). 

September  27 — 

Postlude — "Fantasia  in  C  Minor"        -       -       Thiele-Haupt 
Mr.  William  Middleschulte. 

The  Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.  D.,  occupied  the  pulpit 
October  25.  Subject,  "Blessed  Companionship."  Text, 
"Enoch  walked  with  God."  (Gen.  v:  24.)  The  following 
Sunday,  November  1,  the  Rev.  E.  C.  Ray,  D.  D.,  spoke  on 
the  same  text. 

December  6 — The  Journal  says,  "rain,  snow  and  ice;  fierce 
gale  from  lake."     Dr.    Barrows'   subject   this   morning, 

1  Mr.  Beresford  is  now  (1913)  a  member  of  the  Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  Chicago. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  89 

"A  Ten  Years'  Pastorate  in  Chicago."  Text,  "That  was 
the  true  Light,"  etc.  (St.  John  i:  9.)  In  these  ten  years 
we  have  seen  the  population  of  Chicago  increase  from 
550,000  to  1,200,000.  In  1881,  the  benevolences  of  this 
Church  were  $40,000.  In  1891,  they  were  five  times 
that  amount. 

December  27 — Christmas  music  for  solo  voices,  chorus  and 
organ. 

1892 

The  Choir:  Miss  Electa  Gifford  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.)  and  Mr.  E.  A.  Allen  (B.). 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 

ApriIv  10 — 

Offertory — "The  Palm  Branches"        -       -       -  Faure 

Mr.  Arthur  Beresford. 

April  17 — Easter  Celebration.     A  wet,  cold  day. 

Prelude — "Funeral  March  and  Seraphic  Song"         Guilmant 
Anthem — "Awake,  Thou  that  Sleepest"  J.  Wallace  Goodrich 
Carol — "Chime  Softly,  Bells  of  Easter"      -       -       Shepperd 
Anthem — "Come,  See  the  Place   Where  Jesus  Lay" 

---------      John  A.    West 

Offertory — "Easter"       __----  Shelley 

Miss  Gifford. 
Postlude — "Laus  Deo"  ------  Dubois 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Eva  P.  Arters,  Miss 
Lillian  E.  Randall  and  Miss  May  Keller,  sopranos;  Miss 
Jennie  R.  Holmes  and  Miss  Rose  Bilton,  altos;  Mr.  C.  W. 
Crankshaw  (T.),  and  Mr.  John  S.  Carpenter^  (B.). 

In  the  afternoon,  funeral  of  Mr.  L.  C.  P.  Freer.  Dr.  Barrows 
conducted  the  services,  assisted  by  Mrs.  John  A.  Farwell 
(S.),  Mrs  Oliver  K.  Johnson  (A.),  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  (T.) 
and  Mr.  John  M.  Hubbard  (B.). 

Mr.  Freer  was  born  September  18,  1813,  at  North  East, 
Dutchess  County,  State  of  New  York.  He  came  west  in 
1836,  commencing  life  in  a  small  town  in  Illinois  as  a  mer- 
chant. Two  years  later  he  removed  to  Chicago  and  began 
the  study  of  law.  In  after  life,  he  became  especially  success- 
ful in  that  part  of  the  profession  pertaining  to  the  examina- 
tion of  land  titles,  owing  to  his  extensive  knowledge  of  early 
transactions  in  real  estate.     Mr.  Freer  died  April  14,  1892. 

1  Mr.   John  S.  Carpenter,  well  known  in  Board  of  Trade  circles,   and  a  former 
Vice-President  of  the  Apollo  Musical  Club,  died  March  10,  1902. 


90  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

June  19— The   Second    Presbyterian   Church   celebrated   its 

Fiftieth  Anniversary. 

Dr.  Barrows  was  absent  from  the  city  nearly  all  of  the 
summer  months,  on  account  of  .his  health.  The  Rev.  Charles 
M.  Morton  preached  September  11;  the  Rev.  Herrick  John- 
son, D.  D.,  September  18;  the  Rev.  David  C.  Marquis,  D.  D., 
September  25. 

October  6 — Reception  at  the  Church  this  evening  (Thurs- 
day) for  Dr.  and   Mrs.    Barrows.     Music  by  Mr.  W.  C. 

E.  Seeboeck,^  Mr.  E.  Schmitt  (violin),  and  members  of 

the  Choir. 
November  13 — A  window  built  by  the  Louis  Tiffany  Co.  of 

New  York,  in  memory  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  F.  Spencer, 

was  exhibited  today. 

The  inscription  reads : 

To  THE  Glory  of  God, 

AND  IN  Loving  Remembrance  of 

Franklin  Fayette  Spencer, 

Who  Died  November  1,  1890,  and  of 

Rachel  Gifford  Spencer, 
His  Wife,  Who  Died  March  18,  1887. 

December  25 — Christmas  Celebration.  A  beautiful  day,  and 
a  large  attendance. 

Prelude — "Fantasie  on  Christmas  Hymns"  -  Guilmant 
Anthem — "Wake,  O  My  Soul"  -  _  -  Blumenschein 
Carol — "Ring  Out  a  Joyful  Peal"  _  -  -  Bennett 
Organ — "Christmas  Pastorale"  -  -  -  G.  E.  Whiting 
A  Christmas  Pastoral  anthem — "While  Shepherds 

Watched  Their  Flocks  by  Night"  George  C.  Martin 

Offertory — "The  Star  of  Peace"  -       -       -      Henry  Parker 

Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 
Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"   -       -       -       -  Handel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Will  J.  Evans  and 
Miss  May  Keller,  sopranos;  Miss  Rose  Bilton  (A.);  Mr. 
C.  W.  Crankshaw  (T.),  and  Mr.  Frank  Pearson  (B.). 

At  the  evening  service  Mr.  Edouard  Remenyi,  the  Hungarian 
violinist,  assisted: 

1- — "Ghezir,"  for  violin  alone  -  _  _  _  Remenyi 
2. — "Largo,"  with  organ        _____  Tartini 

1893 

The  Choir:  Miss  Electa  Gifford  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.)  and  Mr.  E.  A.  Allen  (B.). 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 

^  Mr.  W.  C.  E.  Seeboeck  was  born  in  Vienna,  Austria,  August  21,  1860;  came  to 
Chicago  in  1880;  was  accompanist  for  the  Apollo  Musical  Club  several  seasons;  suc- 
cessful teacher,  composer  and  concert  pianist;  died  in  Chicago,  June  1,  1907. 


EDOUARI)   REMENYI. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  91 

January  29 — Mr.  Edouard  Remenyi'  took  part  in  the  even- 
ing service,  playing  the  aria  from  Handel's  "Messiah," 
"I  Know  that  My  Redeemer  Liveth." 

Sunday  evening  praise  services  were  held  through  the 
winter  of  1892-93,  and  the  entire  period  of  the  World's  Fair, 
but  in  the  spring  of  1894  were  discontinued.  The  Choir  was 
assisted  by  occasional  instrumentalists,  Mr.  Edwin  S.  Tim- 
mons^  (flute);  Messrs.  Theodore  Spiering,^  Harry  Dimond 
and  Adolph  Rosenbecker  (violinists). 

March  19 — The  Rev.  Theodore  L.  Cuyler,  D.  D.,  preacher 
this  morning.  Text,  "Arise,  let  us  go  hence."  (St.  John 
xiv:  31.)     A  large  audience  present. 

At  the  evening  service,  the  Rev.  T.  DeWitt  Talmage,  D.  D.,* 
preacher.  Text,  "The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are  right." 
(Ps,  xix:  8.)     Another  great  audience. 

Aprii,  2 — Easter  Celebration.     A  beautiful  spring  day,  and  a 
large  audience. 

Prelude — "Paschal  Sonata,  First  Movement"    -      Lemmens 
Anthem — "Awake,  Thou  that  Sleepest"     -       -  Maker 

Anthem — "O  Saving  Victim"       _       _       _       _         Gounod 

Solo — "Easter  Dawn"    ------     Woodman 

Mrs.   Dreier. 
Oflfertory — "Christ,  the  Lord,  is  Risen  Today"  Shelley 

Postlude — Finale,  "Pastoral  Sonata"  -       -      Lemmens 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  May  Keller  and  Miss 
M.  Louise  Pomeroy,  sopranos;  Miss  Rose  Bilton  (A.), 
Mr.  C.  H.  M.  Tobey  (T.)  and  Mr.  Frank  Pearson  (B.). 
At  the  evening  service : 

Offertory — Flute  Solo — "Prayer"         _       -       -      Terschak 
Mr.  Edwin  S.  Timmons. 

April  26 — Wednesday  evening,  announcement  was  made  of 
the  death  of  the  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  at  Sara- 
toga, N.  Y.  The  entire  evening  given  over  to  testi- 
monies of  affection  and  regard  from  the  members  present, 
for  the  former  Minister  of  this  Church. 

May  21 — Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton.  Annual 
collection  for  Railroad  Chapel;  S4,000  subscribed. 

June  15 — Death  of  Mr.  Asa  P.  Kelley  announced. 

'  Mr.  Remenyi  was  bom  in  1830.  at  Heves,  Hungan*:  made  his  first  visit  to  Amer- 
ica in  1858;  died  suddenly,  May  15,  1908,  while  playing  at  a  concert  in  San  Francisco. 

2  Mr.  Timmons  was  first  flute  in  the  Thomas  Orchestra  (1895-6). 

'  Mr.  Spiering  was  a  member  of  the  Thomas  Orchestra  (1902-05);  concert  meister 
of  the  New  York  Philharmonic  Society  (1911-12);  now  (1913)  resides  in  Berlin  and  is 
engaged  in  teaching  and  concert  work.  Mr.  Spiering  is  Conductor  of  the  Concerts 
given  by  the  "People's  Free  Stage"  in  Berlin. 

<  Dr.  Talmage  died  April  12,  1902,  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


92  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

During  the  World's  Fair  (May  to  November,  1893) 
many  strangers  attended  the  Sunday  services  of  the  Church; 
ministers,  organists,  Choir  singers  and  others  interested  in 
Church  work.  Among  the  visiting  organists  may  be  noted: 
Mr.  Alexander  Guilmant  of  Paris;  Mr.  S.  B.  Whitney  of  the 
Church  of  the  Advent,  Boston;  Mr.  R.  Huntington  Woodman 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Brooklyn,  and  Mr.  W.  C.  Carl 
of  the  Old  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York  City. 

September  3 — Sermon  at  the  evening  service  by  His  Grace 
the  Archbishop  of  Zante,  Greece.  At  the  conclusion  of 
the  service,  Mr.  Alexander  Guilmant,  the  noted  French 
organist,  gave  an  informal  recital. 

September  10 — The  window  in  memory  of  Dr.  Humphrey 
was  displayed  today. 

September  17 — The  Rev.  Dr.  Momery  of  London,  preacher  at 
the  morning  service;  the  Rev.  Joseph  Cook,  LL.  D.,*  in 
the  evening. 

November  12 — The  Rev.  Leonard  W.  Bacon,  D.  D.,  of  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  preacher. 

November  17 — Death  of  John  Manning  Barrows,  oldest  son 
of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Barrows. 

December  24 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Prelude— "The  Holy  Night"         -       _  -  -  Buck 

Anthem — "There  Were  Shepherds"    -  -  -  Foster 

Carol — "The  Anthem  of  Peace"  -       -  -  -  Barnby 

Organ — "March  of  the  Magi  Kings"    -  -  -  Dubois 

Anthem — "How  Brightly  Dawns"       _  _  _  Shelley 

Offertory — "The  Angels'  Christmas  Song"  -  Brewer 

Miss  Gifford. 

Anthem — "Sing,  O  Daughter  of  Zion"  -  -  Gadsby 

Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"   -       -  -  -  Handel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  P.  B.  Wilson,  Miss 
Jessica  Jenks  and  Miss  Gertrude  Gifford,  sopranos;  Miss 
Viola  Miksch  and  Miss  Rose  Bilton,  altos;  Mr.  P.  V.  R. 
Key  and  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bush- 
nell  and  Mr.  Charles  S.  Lee,  basses. 

1894 

The  Choir:  Miss  Electa  Gifford  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.)  and  Mr.  Edward  A.  Allen 
(B-).     Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 

'  The  Rev.  Joseph  Cook,  LL.  D.,  lecturer  and  author,  died  at  Ticonderoga, 
N.  v.,  June  24,  190L 


CHARLES   DAVID    IkWlX. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  93 

January  13— Saturday  P.  M.,  funeral  services  of  Dr.  Charles 
Gilman  Smith,  at  his  late  residence,  94  Calumet  avenue, 
conducted  by  Dr.  Barrows,  with  the  assistance  of  the 
Church  Choir. 

Dr.  Smith's  grave  at  Graceland  is  marked  by  a  plain 
headstone,  bearing  the  inscription,  "Charles  Gilman  Smith, 
a  Succorer  of  Many."  For  forty  years,  he  had  been  prom- 
inently identified  with  the  social,  literary  and  professional 
life  of  Chicago.  He  was  born  at  Exeter,  N.  H.,  January  4, 
1828;  prepared  for  college  at  Phillip's  Academy;  graduated 
from  Harvard  in  1847;  came  to  Chicago  in  1853.  He  was 
one  of  the  six  physicians  who  had  the  care  of  the  Confed- 
erate prisoners  at  Camp  Douglas  during  the  war;  consulting 
physician  at  the  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  and  the 
Presbyterian  Hospital,  and  for  some  years  was  a  Trustee  of 
the  Peck  Home  for  Incurables. 

January  26 — Friday.     Funeral    services    of    Mr.    David    W. 
Irwin,  at  his  late  residence,  conducted  by  the  Rev.  E.  C. 
Ray,  D.  D.,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton.     Choir: 
Mrs.  John  A.  Farwell  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier  (A.), 
Mr.  George  Hamlin  (T.)  and  Mr.  Edward  A.  Allen  (B.). 
Mr.  David  Wickham  Irwin  was  born  at  Sodus,  Wayne 
County,  N.  Y.,  December  14,  1830.     He  came  west  early  in 
the  "fifties"  to  start  in  business  in  Saginaw,  where  he  re- 
mained about  a  year,  going  from  there  to  Canada  to  enter 
the  grain  business.    In  1862,  he  established  the  firm  of  D.  W. 
Irwin  &  Co.,  in  Chicago.     Mr.  Irwin  was  an  early  member 
of  Calvary  Church  and  at  various  times,  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  Board  of  Deacons  of  the  First  Church. 
He  was  a  Trustee  of  the  Orphan  Asylum  and  a  member  of  the 
first  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Art  Institute.     Mr.  Irwin  died 
in   Chicago,    January    24,    1894.     His   son,    Mr.    Charles    D. 
Irwin,  succeeded  (1895)  ]\Ir.  Eddy  as  organist  of   the   First 
Church. 

February  4 — Mr.  John  A.  West^  (O.),  in  the  absence  of  Mr. 
Eddy. 

1  Mr.  John  A.  West,  organist  and  composer,  died  June  1,  1913,  in  Chicago.  He 
was  a  pupil  of  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  (organ)  and  Mr.  Frederic  Grant  Gleason  (theory); 
graduated  (1881)  from  Hershey  School  of  Music  in  Chicago.  Mr.  West's  principal 
works  are:  Cantata,  "Faith  and  Praise";  organ  works,  "Melody  in  C,"  "Fantasie  B 
Flat,"  "March  in  A";  anthems:  "Light's  abode,"  "Now  is  Christ  Risen,"  "Sing  O 
Heavens,"  and  "While  the  Earth  Remaineth." 


94  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

March  4— Dr.  Barrows  in  California.  Sermon  by  Dr.  Her- 
rick  Johnson,  in  which  he  spoke  of  the  recent  death  of 
the  Rev  Robert  W.  Patterson,  D.  D.,  for  thirty-two 
years  Minister  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church.  • 
Dr.  Patterson  was  born  January  21,  1814,  near  Mary- 
ville,  Blount  County,  Tenn.;  died  at  Evanston,  Illinois,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1894. 

March  5— Monday.     Death  of  Mr.  O.  D.  Ranney  announced; 
one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Session.     Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ranney  were  admitted  to  membership  in  this  Church 
July  2,  1858. 
March  25— Easter  Celebration : 

Prelude— "In  Paradise"        -----  Dubois 

Anthem— "Awake,  Thou  that  Sleepest"  -  -  Goodrich 
Carol— "Chime  Softly,  Bells  of  Easter"  -  -  Shepperd 
Anthem— "As  It  Began  to  Dawn"      -       -       -  Foster 

Offertory — "The  Angels'  Easter  Song"       -       -  Brewer 

Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 

Anthem — "Every  Flower  that  Blossoms"  -  Shelley 

Postlude — "Festal  March"    -       -       -       -  Claussmann 

Mr.  Eddy. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Virginia  Evans,  Miss 
Jessica  Jenks,  Miss  Jeanette  F.  Russell  and  Miss  Jennie 
Grey,  sopranos;  Miss  Viola  Miksch,  Miss  Rose  Bilton  and 
Miss  Anna  Millar,  altos;  Mr.  P.  V.  R.  Key  and  Mr.  Philo 
A.  Otis,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bushnell  and  Mr.  Charles 
S.  Lee,  basses. 

May  27— The  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton  closes  his  long  and 
useful  work  at  Railroad  Chapel,  and  is  succeeded  by  the 
Rev.  S.  M.  Johnson. 

JUI.Y  22— Sermon  by  the  Rev.  L.  A.  Ostrander  of  Lyons, 
N.  Y.,  a  member  of  this  Church  in  1858. 

October  7 — The  Rev.  Dr.  Jessup  of  Beirut,  Syria,  spoke  this 
morning  on  his  forty  years  of  work  in  that  country. 

Postlude — "Funeral  March  and  Song  Seraphic"      Guilmant. 

November  29 — Union  Thanksgiving  service  of  the  First  and 
Second  Presbyterian,  Immanuel  Baptist,  Plymouth  Con- 
gregational, Trinity  Methodist  and  Christ  Reformed 
Episcopal  Churches,  held  in  the  First  Church: 

Prelude — "Jerusalem,  the  Golden"      -       -  _            Spark 

Anthem — "While  the  Earth  Remaineth"  -  John  A.  West 

Offertory — "Hope  in  the  Lord"  ("Largo")  -          Handel 

Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 

Postlude — "Finale,  Op.  17"          -       _       _  _         Truette 

Mr.  Eddy. 


SECOND  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 
Michigan  Avenue  and  Twentieth  .Street. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  95 

December  30 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Prelude— "Pastoral  in  G"     -       -       -       -  -  Coerne 

Anthem — "Christians,  Awake"    -       -       -  -  Barnby 

Carol— "Sweet  Christmas  Bells"  -       -       -  -  Stainer 

Anthem — "And  There  Were  Shepherds"    -  -  Foote 

Offertory— "The  Star  of  Peace"  -       -       -  Henry  Parker 

Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 

Anthem— "Shout  the  Glad  Tidings"  -       -  -  Gilchrist 

Postlude — "Religious  March"       _       _       -  -  Guilmant 

Mr.  Eddy. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Eunice  St.  Clair  Mar- 
tens, Miss  Lillian  E.  Randall  and  Miss  Pauline  Stein, 
sopranos;  Miss  Anna  H.  Clarke,  Miss  Jennie  R.  Holmes 
and  Miss  Rose  Bilton,  altos;  Mr.  Frank  W.  Holder  and 
Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bushnell  and 
Mr.  Charles  S.  Lee,  basses. 

1895 

The  Choir:  Miss  Electa  Gifford  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.)  and  Mr.  Edward  A.  Allen 
(B.).     Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  and  director. 

February  17 — President  Harper^  of  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago spoke  at  the  morning  service.  Subject,  "Why 
should  I  study  the  Bible." 

The  Rev.  Frank  W.  Gunsaulus,  D.  D.,  of  Plymoiith  Congre- 
gational Church,  preacher  at  the  evening  service. 

March  10 — Morning  service : 

Anthem — "Te  Deum  in  D  Minor"        _       _       -  Foote 

Offertory — "The  City  Beautiful"         _       _       -         Rodney 

Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 

Miss  Blanche  Dingley  (harp),  and  Mr.  Adolph  Rosenbecker^ 

(violin),  assisted  at  the  evening  service. 
March  31 — The  last  of  the  Sunday  evening  praise  services. 

April  14 — Easter  Celebration.     A  beautiful  day  and  a  large 
attendance. 
Prelude — "Fiat  Lux"     ------  Dubois 

Anthem — "Why  Seek   Ye  the  Living  among  the   Dead" 
---------S.  P.  Warren 

An  Easter  Hymn — "Awake,  Thou  Wintry  Earth"  -       Otis 
Anthem — "God  Hath  Appointed  a  Day"  -       -  Tours 

Harp,  flute  and  organ — "Berceuse"  -       -      Oberthur 

^The  Rev.  William  R.  Harper,  D.  D.,  was  bom  July  26,  1856,  in  New  Concord, 
Muskingum  County,  Ohio;  was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1875;  entered  on  his 
duties  as  President  of  The  University  of  Chicago  July  1,  1891;  died  January  10,  1906, 
in  Chicago. 

2  Mr.  Rosenbecker  is  now  (1912)  a  member  of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony 
Orchestra. 


96  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Anthem— "Come,  See  the  Place  Where  Jesus  Lay" 

__       _       -       -       -       -       -       -       -J.  A.  West 

Offertory— "Easter"       ------  Shelley 

Miss  Gifford. 
Anthem— "Praise  the  Lord"         -       _       -  Randegger 

Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"  -       -       -       -  Handel 

Mr.  Eddy. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks,  Miss 
Alice  Ettinger  and  Miss  Lillian  E.  Randall,  sopranos; 
Miss  Anna  H.  Clarke,  Miss  Rose  Bilton  and  Miss  Jennie 
R.  Holmes,  altos;  Mr.  William  A.  Lamson  and  Mr.  Philo 
A.  Otis,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  Charles 
S.  Lee,  basses;  Miss  Lee  Timmons  (harp);  Mr.  Edwin  S. 
Timmons  (flute). 

May  19 — Mr.  Eddy's  last  Sunday  as  organist  and  director  of 
the  Choir. 

Prelude — First  Movement,  "Fifth  Sonata"        -  Guilmant 

Anthem — -"Awake,  My  Soul"        -       -       -       -  Schnecker 

Solo — "Lead,  Kindly  Light"         -       -       -       -  Shepperd 

Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 

Offertory — Second  Movement,  "Fifth  Sonata"  -  Guilmant 

Postlude — From  "Fifth  Sonata"          _       -       -  Guilmant 

Mr.  Clarence  Eddy  was  born  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  in 
185L  His  first  musical  studies  were  pursued  in  Greenfield; 
afterward  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  with  Mr.  Dudley  Buck.  From 
1869  to  1871,  he  resided  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  as  organist  of 
Bethany  Church.  In  the  autumn  of  1871,  he  went  to  Berlin, 
remaining  there  several  years,  studying  with  Haupt  (organ) 
and  Loeschhorn  (piano).  He  was  called  to  Chicago  (1875) 
as  organist  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  remaining 
there  two  years.  He  began  his  work  at  the  First  Presbyterian, 
January  12,  1879.  In  1876,  he  became  general  director  of 
the  Hershey  School  of  Music  in  Chicago,  and  while  with  this 
School  gave  his  famous  series  of  one  hundred  organ  recitals, 
without  any  repetitions.  I  studied  the  theory  of  music  with 
Mr.  Eddy  from  1876  to  1881.  Mr.  Eddy  and  Mrs.  Sarah 
Hershey  were  married  July  1,  1879.  Mrs.  Eddy  died  in 
Paris,  France,  July  8,  1911.  Mr.  Eddy  is  now  (1912)  director 
of  the  Siegel-Myers  Correspondence  School  of  Music,  Chicago, 
and  associated  with  the  Walter  Spry  School  of  Music. 

June  2 — A  magnificent  window  in  memory  of  Dr.  Mitchell, 
displayed  this  morning;  the  work  of  the  Tiffany  Co., 
N.  Y.     Subject,  "Paul  Preaching  to  the  Athenians." 


CLARENCE   EDDY. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  97 

June  28 — Friday  afternoon,  funeral  services  of  Mr.  George 
Francis  Bissell,  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held 
at  the  Church,  conducted  by  Dr.  Barrows,  assisted  by 
the  Choir, 

Mr.  Bissell  was  born  June  23,  1827,  at  Manchester,  Conn. 
He  went  to  Dubuque,  Iowa,  in  1857;  came  to  Chicago  in  1861, 
and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Co. 
He  was  appointed  western  manager  of  the  Company  in  1866, 
retaining  the  position  until  his  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bissell 
were  received  into  the  membership  of  the  Church,  January 
4,  1862.  Mr.  Bissell  was  a  member  of  the  Session  for  many 
years,  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Music. 
He  was  succeeded  on  the  Board  of  Trustees  by  Mr.  William 
H.  Swift. 

September  17 — Tuesday  afternoon.  Funeral  services  of  Mr. 
James  Otis  (who  died  September  14)  from  his  late  resi- 
dence, 1722  Michigan  avenue,  conducted  by  Dr.  Barrows 
and  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton.  Choir:  Mrs.  John  A. 
Farwell  (S.),  Mrs.  Oliver  K.  Johnson  (A.),  Mr.  Robert 
T.  Howard  (T.)  and  Mr.  John  M.  Hubbard  (B.). 

Mr.  James  Otis  was  born  April  1,  1818,  in  Montville, 
Conn.,  a  village  not  far  from  New  London.  In  1823,  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Berlin,  Erie  County,  Ohio.  On  October  24, 
1845,  he  married  Margaretta,  daughter  of  Deacon  Philo 
Adams  of  Huron,  Erie  Co.,  Ohio,  and  in  1856  came  to  Chi- 
cago. He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Interior,  and  Treas- 
urer of  the  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary  of  the  North- 
west from  1870  to  1884.  The  Rev.  Marcus  Whitman,  a  mis- 
sionary, largely  instrumental  in  saving  Oregon  to  the  United 
States,  was  a  lifelong  friend  of  Mr.  Otis.  When  Mr.  Whit- 
man was  on  his  way  to  Washington  in  1834  to  see  Daniel 
Webster  and  the  President,  Mr.  Otis  traveled  with  him  from 
Cleveland  to  Buffalo,  and  in  after  life  often  related  the  history 
of  the  Oregon  trouble,  as  told  to  him  by  Mr.  Whitman. 

Mr.  Otis  was  one  of  the  founders  (1859)  of  Calvary  Pres- 
byterian Church;  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
united  First  and  Calvary  Churches,  chairman  of  the  building 
committee  of  the  present  edifice  (1870-1873),  and  member 
of  the  Session  until  1884. 


98  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

The  Rev.  Edward  Anderson,  second  Minister  of  Calvary 
Presbyterian  Church  (1860-61),  who  was  present  at  the  fu- 
neral, writes  of  his  Church  work  in  Chicago,  and  his  recollec- 
tions of  Mr.  Otis: 

"My  acquaintance  with  your  father  began  in  1859,  when 
he  came  to  invite  me  from  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  to  the  pastorate 
of  Calvary  Church,  and  my  earliest  impression  of  him  is 
through  his  enthusiastic  devotion  to  that  enterprise,  which 
was  then  in  its  infancy.  He  was  surrounded  by  a  goodly 
array  of  men:  Bennett  B.  Chambers,  Joseph  Meeker,  Willard 
F.  Myrick,  Daniel  A.  Jones,  George  Gilbert,  all  of  whom  are 
gone  before  him,  and  Joseph  N.  Barker,  who  survives  him, 
and  who  held  the  superintendency  of  the  Sunday-school  for 
many  years. 

I  shall  never  forget  the  day,  when,  rising  in  my  pulpit 
at  St.  Joseph,  I  saw  two  strangers  present  who  had  a  differ- 
ent tone  from  my  usual  parishioners.  St.  Joseph  was  then 
a  small  village,  with  the  peach  interest  just  started;  we  had 
built  the  Church  with  great  effort.  I  think  it  was  Mr.  Cham- 
bers who  accompanied  your  father  to  St.  Joseph,  but  I  am 
not  sure.  After  service,  your  father  walked  home  with  me, 
and  told  me  with  the  deepest  interest,  of  the  new  work  that 
had  been  started  on  Indiana  avenue,  just  beyond  Ringgold 
Place  (now  Twenty-second  street),  as  he  urged  me  to  con- 
sider the  call  to  become  pastor  of  the  Church  for  whose 
future  he  had  such  a  prophetic  prescience. 

It  is  interesting  to  remember  that  at  that  time  (1860) 
all  beyond  my  house,  which  was  on  Michigan  avenue,  a 
few  blocks  south  of  Ringgold  Place,  was  given  up  to  market 
gardening,  and  that  Mr.  Myrick  had  the  first  stock  yards  on 
Cottage  Grove  avenue  at  about  Thirtieth  street.  Your 
father  used  to  prophesy  the  greatness  that  he  lived  to  see  of 
this  South  Side.  But  I  could  not  credit  him  in  what  seemed 
to  me  wild  hopes.  I  am  now  writing  at  Fifty-fifth  street, 
and  seem  yet  to  be  in  the  heart  of  the  city.  I  do  not  know 
where  in  the  present  city  was  the  Reform  School,  but  we  rode 
through  wild  roads  then  to  reach  it,  and  all  about  it  was 
farms  with  little  promise  of  streets,  still  less  of  a  great  city." 

Mr.  James  Otis  is  survived  by  two  sons,  Mr.  Philo 
Adams  Otis,  and  Dr.  Walter  J.  Otis  of  Boston,  Mass. 

The  month  of  December  witnessed  the  retirement,  by 
reason  of  the  infirmities  of  old  age,  of  Mr.  John  Ratcliffe 
Dyson,  the  faithful  sexton  of  this  Church  who  began  his 
duties  April  1,  18G3,  during  the  ministry  of  Dr.  Humphrey. 


EDWARD   ANDERSON. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  99 

Mr.  Dyson  was  born  January  12,  1818,  in  Manchester,  Eng- 
land; came  to  Chicago  in  1845.  He  remained  here  a  few 
years  and  then  went  to  Milwaukee,  where  he  was  sexton  of 
Plymouth  Congregational  Church  during  the  time  Dr.  Hum- 
phrey was  its  pastor.  Mr.  Dyson  returned  to  Chicago  to  be 
sexton  of  the  First  Church,  at  the  suggestion  of  Dr.  Hum- 
phrey; died  February  4,  1902,  in  Chicago. 

October  8 — Funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Flora  Fisher,  con- 
ducted at  her  late  residence,  2419  Michigan  avenue,  by 
Dr.  Barrows.  Mrs.  Fisher  was  born  in  1799,  and  had 
been  a  member  of  the  First  Church  for  more  than  forty 
years.  In  speaking  of  her  great  age.  Dr.  Barrows  said 
she  might  have  seen  all  of  the  Presidents  of  the  United 
States  save  one,  George  Washington. 

November  16 — Saturday.  Funeral  services  of  Mr.  John  B. 
Drake,  conducted  by  Dr.  Barrows,  with  the  assistance 
of  the  Choir, 

Mr.  John  Burroughs  Drake  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Warren 
County,  Ohio,  January  17,  1824.  In  his  address.  Dr.  Bar- 
rows said: 

"This  man,  who  has  been  taken  from  us,  filled  a  large 
place  in  the  life  of  this  community  and  of  the  nation.  He 
was  honored  throughout  the  country,  and  was  well  known  in 
other  lands.  He  was  one  of  the  men  who  make  the  strength 
of  a  community  like  ours." 

November  24 — The  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D,  D.,  tendered 
his  resignation  as  Minister  of  the  Church. 

December  29 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Festal  Song"         -       _       -       -  John  E.  West 

Anthem — "Sing  and  Rejoice"       _       -       -  -         Barnby 

Carol— "The  Anthem  of  Peace"  -       -       -  -          Barnby 

Anthem — "There  Were  Shepherds"     -       -  -               GauU 

Offertory — "Angels'  Christmas  Song"          -  -          Brewer 

Miss  Gifford. 

Christmas  Sermon — Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D. 

Christmas  Hymn — "The  Syrian  Shepherds"  -                Otis 

Postlude — "Coronation  March"    -       -       -  -      Svendson 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks,  Mrs. 
A.  W.  Beidler  and  Miss  Hotchkin,  sopranos;  Miss  Anna 
H.  Clark  and  Miss  Rose  Bilton,  altos;  Mr.  C.  W.  Crank- 
shaw  (T.);  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  Frank  H. 
Atkinson,  Jr.,  basses;  Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin  (O.). 


100  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

1896 

The  Choir:  Miss  Electa  Gifford  (S.),  Mrs.  Oscar  Remmer  (A.), 
Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  (T.),  and  Mr.  Edward  A.  Allen  (B.). 
Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin  (O.). 

January  25 — Saturday  P.  M.,  funeral  services  of  Mr.  Charles 
Mather  Henderson,  at  his  late  residence,  1816  Prairie 
avenue,  conducted  by  Dr.  Barrows  and  the  Rev.  Charles 
M.  Morton,  assisted  by  members  of  the  Choir. 

Mr.  Henderson  was  born  in  New  Hartford,  Conn.,  March 
21,  1834;  came  to  Chicago  in  1854.  He  was  for  many  years 
President  of  the  Young  People's  Missionary  Association  of 
this  Church,  Superintendent  of  Railroad  Mission  Sunday 
School,  and  for  some  time  a  member  of  the  Committee  on 
Music. 

February  9 — Sunday  evening.  A  great  meeting  w^as  held 
in  Central  Music  Hall,  as  a  farewell  tribute  from  the  people 
of  Chicago  to  Dr.  Barrows.  Addresses  by  Dr.  Hensen, 
Bishop  Fallows,  the  Rev.  Frank  Bristol  and  Mr.  H.  N. 
Higinbotham. 

February  12 — Wednesday  evening.  A  service  in  memory 
of  Mr.  Charles  M.  Henderson.  Addresses  by  the  Rev. 
John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton 
and  the  Rev.  D.  A.  McWilliams.  Members  of  the  Choir 
took  part  in  the  service. 

February  14 — Friday  evening.  A  farewell  reception  to  the 
Minister  and  his  wife  at  the  Church.  Dr.  Barrows  read 
an  address  in  which  he  set  forth  some  of  the  duties  and 
responsibilities  in  the  active  life  of  a  city  pastor.  Then 
followed  remarks  by  Bishop  Cheney,  F.  L.  Ensign,  the 
Rev.  Dr.  McClure  of  Lake  Forest,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Robinson  of  Englewood. 

February  16 — The  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D.,  preached 
his  last  sermon  this  morning  from  the  text,  "Faith, 
hope,  charity,  these  three;  but  the  greatest  of  these  is 
charity."     (I  Cor.  xiii:  13.) 

April  5— Easter  Celebration : 

Prelude — "Festival  Prelude"        _       _  _  _              Buck 

Anthem — "Break  Forth  into  Joy"       -  _  _         Barnby 

Anthem — "Very  Early  in  the  Morning"  -  H.W.  Parker 

Anthem — "O  Lamb  of  God"         _       _  _  _         Gounod 

Offertory — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"   -  -  Mendelssohn 

Easter  Sermon — "At  the  Grave  in   the  Garden" — Rev.   E. 
C.  Ray.  D.  D. 


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101 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Easter  Hymn— "With  Hands  Upraised  to  Bless"     -       Otis 
Postlude— "Entree  du  Cortege"  -       -       -       -  Dubois 

The  rec-ular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks,  Mrs. 
A*W     Beidler  and   Miss   Marguerite   Easter,   sopranos; 
Miss  Rose  Bilton,  Miss  Lucinda  B.  Lee  and  Miss  Myra 
Miles,  altos;  Mr.  E.  F.  Wait  and  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis,  tenors; 
Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  Charles  S.  Lee,  basses. 
Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin  (O.). 
April  11— Saturday,  2  P.  M.     Funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Har- 
riet Gaylord  Smith,  widow  of  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Gilman 
Smith,  were  held  at  her  late  residence,   2220  Calumet 
avenue      Mrs.  Smith  died  on  Wednesday    last,    April  8. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  First  Church,  a  director  of  the 
Erring  Woman's  Refuge  and  of  the  Fortnightly  Club. 
May  31— Mr.   Frank  K.   Root^  and  Mr.   Charles   D.   Irwin, - 
having  resigned,  are  succeeded  by  Mr.  William  S.  Hine 
(T)  and  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.).     The  Church  will 
always  be  under  obHgations  to  Mr.  Irwin  for  his  work  on 
the  Music  Committee,  and  the  interest  he  has  taken  in 
the    Choir.     The    hydrauHc    motor    attachment    to    the 
organ  was  secured  principally  through  his  efforts,  and 
the  larger  part  of  the  cost  was  borne  by  him. 
June  22— Monday  morning.     Funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Wil- 
lard  F  My  rick,  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Church, 
were  held  at  her  late  residence,  2967  Vernon  avenue; 
conducted  by  the  Rev.  E.  C.  Ray,  D.  D.     Mrs.  Myrick 
was  eighty  years  of  age.     At  the  conclusion  of  Dr.  Ray  s 
remarks    Mr.   Fernando   Jones,   one  of   the   pallbearers, 
arose  and  begged  to  add  his  testimony  regarding  Mrs 
Myrick,  (whom  he  had  known  for  more  than  fifty  years) 
and  her  life  of  benevolence  and  charity.     He  said  her 
great  mission  in  this  world  was  to  feed  the  hungry  and 
clothe  the  naked.     Mr.  Jones  spoke  of  Mrs.  Myrick's  de- 
votion to  the  soldiers  at  Camp  Douglas  and  her  eftorts 
to  relieve  the  sufferings  of  the  poor  Confederate  prison- 
ers who  were  confined  there  during  the  war. 
Mr.  Willard  Franklin  Myrick,    died    January  27,   1889, 
at  the  age  of  eighty.     His  home  on  Vernon  avenue,  built  in 
1854,  has  been  a  landmark  in  that  part  of  our  city,  and  was 
well  known  for  its  hospitalities  and  abounding  charities.     Mr . 

1  Mr.   Frank  K.   Root  is  Secretary-  and  Treasurer  of  the  McKinley  Music  Com- 
pany, Chicago,  organized  in  1896. 

2  Mr.  Irwin  is  now  (1913)  organist  and  director  of  the  Choir  in  the  Leyden  Church, 
Brookline,  Mass. 


102  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Myrick  came  to  Chicago  in  October,  1836,  from  the  shores  of 
Lake  Champlain,  Vt.,  where  he  was  born,  July  11,  1809. 
Soon  after  his  arrival  in  Chicago,  he  bought  seventy  acres  on 
the  lake  between  the  present  Twenty-sixth  and  Thirty-first 
streets.  From  1839  to  1854,  he  kept  the  Myrick  House,  a 
noted  stopping  place  for  drovers  and  cattle  men.  Here  the 
first  stock  yards  was  organized. 

September  27— Sermon  by  Dr.  Ray  on  the  benefit  of  a  col- 
legiate education. 

NavEMBER  8 — Festival  service : 

Prelude— "Offertoire  in  A"  -       -       -    Georges  MacMaster 
Anthem — "Praise  God  in  His  Holiness"     -       -  Tours 

Anthem— "Hark,  Hark,  My  Soul"       -       -       -  Shelley 

Song— "The  Star  of  Eternity"     -       -       -       -  Lane 

Miss  Gifford. 

Offertory— "Andante  in  D"  _       -       -       -  HoUins 

Mr.  Clarence  Eddy. 

(Organist  of  the  Church  from  1879  to  1895) 

Sermon — "The  Heavenly  Vision,"  Prof.  J.  Ross  Stevenson 

Anthem — "Let  us  Now  Fear  the  Lord  Our  God" 

---------     John  E.  West 

Postlude— Finale,  "Fifth  Sonata"       -       -       -     Guilmant 
Mr.  Clarence  Eddy. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks,  Miss 
Lillian  E.  Randall  and  Mrs.  A.  W.  Beidler,  sopranos; 
Mrs.  Cecelia  Ryan,  Miss  Rose  Bilton  and  Miss  Lucinda 
B.  Lee,  altos;  Mr.  L  J.  Shuart  and  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis, 
tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  F.  H.  Atkinson, 
Jr.,  basses.     Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

This  was  Miss  Gifford's  last  service  in  the  Church.  After 
two  years  of  study  in  Paris,  she  was  engaged  for  the  Royal 
Opera  in  Amsterdam,  Holland.  On  her  return  to  America, 
in  1900,  she  made  her  home  in  New  York  City.  During  the 
next  six  years.  Miss  Gifford  sang  with  many  of  the  large 
orchestras  of  the  United  States,  notably  with  the  Theo- 
dore Thomas  Orchestra  of  Chicago,  the  Boston  Symphony 
Orchestra,  William  Gericke,  conductor,  and  with  Emil  Paur 
in  New  York.  In  1903,  she  bought  a  home  on  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.,  at  Rockville  Centre,  and  accepted  a  position  with  the 
Hanson  Place  M.  E.  Church,  and  with  the  Temple  Beth- 
Eloim  Choir,  where  she  is  now  engaged.  Miss  Gifford  is 
interested  in  the  real  estate  business  on  Long  Island  and  in 
Florida. 


HORACE  GRANT   BIRD. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  103 

November  29 — 

Offertory — "My  Redeemer  and  My  Lord"       -       -        Buck 
Miss  Helen  E.  Aikman. 

December  27 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Prelude — Overture,  "The  Messiah"     -       -       _  Handel 

Anthem — "With  All  Thy  Hosts"  -  -  John  E.  West 
Anthem — "Festival  Te  Deum  in  E  Flat,  No.  7"  -  Buck 
Carol — "It  Came  upon  the  Midnight  Clear"  -  Sullivan 
Offertory — "Christmas  Song"       -       -       _       _  Adam 

Sermon — "The  Indebtedness  of  the  World  to  Christianity" 

— Rev.  Samuel  Ives  Curtiss,  D.  D.' 
Anthem — "Sing,  O  Daughter  of  Zion"        -       -         Gadsby 
Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"   -       -       -       -  Handel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks,  Miss 
Lillian  E.  Randall  and  Mrs.  A.  W.  Beidler,  sopranos; 
Miss  Ethel  B.  Carpenter,  Miss  Rose  Bilton  and  Miss 
Lucinda  B.  Lee,-  altos;  ]\Ir.  Frank  K.  Root  and  Mr. 
Philo  A.  Otis,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr. 
F.  H.  Atkinson,  Jr.,  basses.     Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.) 


1897 

The  Choir:  Miss  L.  May  Gurler  (S.),  until  May  1,  1897,  when 
she  was  succeeded  by  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble;  Mrs.  Chris- 
tine N.  Dreier  (A.),  Mr.  William  S.  Hine  (T.)  and  Mr. 
Edward  A.  Allen  (B.).     Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

February  17 — Funeral  services  of  Miss  Pauline  Louise  Otis 
(died  January  29,  in  Paris,  France),  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Otis,  from  their  residence,  1730  Prairie 
avenue,  conducted  by  the  Rev.  S.  J.  McPherson,  D.  D., 
and  the  Rev.  Charles  ]\I.  Morton.  A  few  familiar  hymns 
were  sung  by  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 

February  28 — Mr.  Arthur  Dunham  (O.),  in  the  absence  of 
Mr.  Moore: 

Prelude — "Fantasia  in  E  Flat"    -       -       -  Saint-Saens 

Offertory — "The  King  of  Love  My  Shepherd  Is"       Gounod 

Miss  Gurler. 
Postlude — "Prelude  and  Fugue  in  B  Minor"     -       -     Bach 

Prof.  M.  Bross  Thomas  of  Lake  Forest  University  occupied 
the  pulpit  this  morning. 

April  11 — Announcement  was  made  from  the  pulpit  of  the 
death  on  April  7,  of  Mr.  Horace  G.  Bird,  organist  of  this 
Church  in  1SG8  when  Dr.  Mitchell  began  his  pastorate. 

1  Died  in  London,  September  22,  1904. 

2  Miss  Lucinda  B.  Lee  is  now  Mrs.  Edward  Buxton,    and   resides    (1913)    in  West 
Superior,  Wisconsin. 


104  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

April  18— Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude— "Priere  a  Notre  Dame"        -       -  Boellmann 

Anthem-" Awake,  Glad  Soul,  Awake"       -  -            Foster 

Anthem— "Te  Deum  in  B  Minor          -       -  -          „,-^"^'^ 

Easter  Song— "Every  Flower  that  Blossoms  -          Shelley 

Offertory — "Easter  Morning"       -       -       -  ~       ".      XV^ 
Postlude— "Introduction,  Chorale  and  Minuet  Gothique 

______---  Boellmann 

The  re<rular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks,  Miss 
Grace  E.  Dudley  and  Miss  Lillian  E.  Randall,  sopranos; 
Miss  Ethel  B.  Carpenter,  Miss  Daisy  J.  Hubbard  and 
Miss  Clarissa  Smith,  altos;  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  and  Mr. 
.FT.  Wessels,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr. 
F.  H.  Atkinson,  Jr.,  basses.     Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

May  9— 

Offertory— "If  with  All  Your  Hearts"        -        Mendelssohn 
Mr.  William  S.  Hine. 

May  22— Saturday  morning.  Funeral  services  of  Mr.  Mat- 
thew Laflin,  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tion, at  his  late  residence,  conducted  by  Prof.  FrankHn 
W.  Fisk,  D.  D.  A  few  familiar  hymns  were  sung  by 
Mrs.  Genevieve  Clark  Wilson  and  Mrs.  Christine  N. 
Dreier. 

Mr.  Laflin  was  born  in  Southwick,  Mass.,  December  16, 
1803;  came  to  Chicago  in  1837.  He  brought  his  family  to 
Chicago  the  following  year  and,  during  the  winter  of  1838- 
39,  they  occupied  quarters  in  Fort  Dearborn.  Mrs.  Laflin 
was  received  into  the  membership  of  the  Church,  March  23, 
1839.  The  present  home  of  the  Chicago  Academy  of  Sciences 
in  Lincoln  Park  was  a  gift  from  Mr.  Laflin. 

May  30 — Decoration  Day: 

Prelude — "Allegretto  in  D  Minor"       _       -       -  Foote 

Hymn — "The  Son  of  God  Goes  Forth  to  War"  SuUivan 

Anthem— "The  Strain  Upraise"  -       -       -       -  Buck 

American  Hymn — "Speed    our    Republic,    O    Father    on 
High"      --------  Keller 

National  Song — "Song  of  a  Thousand  Years"  -  Work 

Sermon — "America's  Place  in  the  EvangeUzing  of  the 

World" — Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D. 
Postlude — "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"    -       -       -     Buck 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks  and  Miss 
Grace  E.  Dudley,  sopranos;  Miss  Laura  Fleming  and  Miss 
Daisy  J.  Hubbard,  altos;  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root  and  Mr. 
Philo  A.  Otis,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  Mr.  F.  H. 
Atkinson,  Jr.,  and  Mr.  Arthur  T.  Scott,  basses.  Mr. 
Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  105 

June  13— Pulpit  occupied  by  Prof.  M.  Bross  Thomas  of  Lake 
Forest,  111. 

June  20 — Sunday  afternoon.  Funeral  services  of  Mr.  George 
W.  Darrovv/  conducted  by  the  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows, 
D.  D.,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Choir. 

June  30— Wednesday  evening.  A  formal  call  was  extended 
by  the  Society  to  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D.,  of 
the  Immanuel  Presbyterian  Church,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
to  become  the  Minister  of  this  Church. 

July  7— Wednesday  evening.  Dr.  Chichester's  letter  of  ac- 
ceptance read.     He  will  begin  his  labors  October  1,  1897. 

August  1— The  Rev.  W.  B.  Jennings,  D.  D.,  Louisville,  Ky., 
preacher. 

Death  announced  on  July  30,  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  of  Mr. 
Charles  S.  Lee,  member  of  the  Session,  former  Superin- 
tendent of  Railroad  Chapel  Sunday-school,  leader  of  the 
music  at  the  evening  services  and  a  member  of  the 
Church  Choir  on  festival  occasions. 

August  22 — 

Offertory — "The  Palm  Branches"        -       -       -  Faure 

Mr.  Frank  King  Clark. 

September  26— Sunday  evening.  Memorial  service  for  Mr. 
Charles  S.  Lee,  at  Railroad  Chapel,  conducted  by  the 
Rev.  Charles  U.  Morton  and  the  Rev.  D.  A.  McWilliams. 

October  3 — Dr.  Chichester  preached  his  first  sermon.     Text, 
"So,  as  much  as  in  me  is,  I  am  ready  to  preach  the  gos- 
pel to  you  that  are  at  Rome  also."     (Romans  i:  15.) 
Prelude— Adagio,  "Fifth  Sonata"        -       -       -  ^^f/^'\^ 

Anthem— "The  Strain  Upraise"  -  "  "  "  ^  ^"^^ 
Anthem— "O  Lamb  of  God"  -  -  -  -  f^°"""'i 
Oflfertory— "Hark,  Hark,  my  Soul"     -       -       -  Shelley 

Anthem— "Prepare  Ye  the  Way  of  the  Lord  -  Garrett 
Postlude — "Marche  ReUgieuse"   -       -       -       -      Guilmant 

The  re<^ular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessica  Jenks  and  Miss 
Eleanor  M.  Goodman,  sopranos;  Miss  Daisy  J.  Hubbard 
and  Miss  Esther  M.  Plumb,  altos;  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root 
and  Mr  Philo  A.  Otis,  tenors;  Mr.  F.  H.  Atkmson,  Jr., 
and  Mr.  Arthur  T.  Scott,  basses.  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore 
(O.). 

October  20— Wednesday  evening.  Installation  services  ol 
Dr  Chichester.  The  following  members  of  the  Chicago 
Presbytery  took  part:    the  Rev.  Charles  S.   Hoyt,  the 

T^Darrow  died  at  Devon,  Pa..  October  30.   1902.      I-uneral  at  this  Church 
November  3,  1902. 


106  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Willis  G.  Craig, 

D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Edward  C.  Ray,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  C.  A. 
Lippiiicott  and  the  Rev.  D.  A.  McWilliams. 

Prelude— "Evening  Song"    -       -       -       -^^    ",,  Bossi. 

Hymn— "The  Son  of  God  Goes  Forth  to   War 

■^_____----S.  B.  Whitney 
Anthem— "Sing  unto  the  Lord"  -  -  -  -  Sydenham 
Anthem— "O  Lamb  of  God"  _  _  -  -  Gounod 
Anthem — "Prepare  Ye  the  Way  of  the  Lord"  -  Garrett 
Postlude— "Hallelujah  Chorus"  -       -       -       -  Handel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Grace  Chappell,  Miss 
Jessica  Jenks,  Miss  E.  M.  Goodman  and  Miss  Grace  E. 
Dudley,  sopranos;  Miss  Laura  Fleming,  Miss  MertielM. 
White^  and  Miss  Louise  Blish,  altos;  Mr.  Frank  K.  Root 
and  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis,  tenors;  Mr.  F.  H.  Atkinson,  Jr., 
and  Mr.  Arthur  T.  Scott,  basses.  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore 
(O.). 

December  26 — Christmas'^Celebration : 

Prelude — "The  Pastoral  Symphony"  _       _       -     Bach 

Violin,  violoncello  and  organ. 
Chorale — "Break  Forth,  O  Beauteous,  Heavenly  Light" 
-----------     Bach 

(From  "The  Christmas  Oratorio.") 
Anthem — "And  There  Were  Shepherds"    -       -  Foote 

Christmas  Song — "Sweetly  through  the  Night"  Shelley 

Violin  and  organ  accompaniment. 
Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 
Violin  Solo — "Air"         ___-_--     Bach 
Violoncello  Solo — "Berceuse"       _       -       _       -  Godard 

Offertory — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"   -       -        Mendelssohn 

Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,   Miss  L.  May  Gurler  and  chorus. 
Anthem — "O  Come,  Redeemer  of  Mankind"    John  E.  West 

With  accompaniment  for  violoncello  and  organ. 
Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"    -       -  Handel 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  L.  May  Gurler,  Miss 

E.  M.  Goodman  and  Miss  Jessica  Jenks,  sopranos;  Miss 
Laura  Fleming,  Miss  Anna  Millar-  and  Miss  Henrietta 
Millar,  altos;  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  and  Mr.  Frederick  J. 
Wessels,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  F.  H. 
Atkinson,  Jr.,  basses;  Mr.  Leopold  Kramer^  (violin),  Mr. 
Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

Christmas  sermon  by  Dr.  Chichester.  Text:  "But  thou,  Beth- 
lehem  Ephratah,  though  thou  be  little  among  the  thou- 

■  Miss  White  was  soloist  at  the  "Messiah"  concert,  by  the  Apollo  Musical  Club, 
December  30,  1899. 

2  Miss  Millar  was  manager  of  the  Thomas  Orchestra  (1895-98),  is  now  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business  in  Florida  and  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y.  She  resides  in 
Rockville  Centre,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

'  Mr.  Leopold  Kramer  was  concert  meister  of  the  Thomas  Orchestra  (1897-1910). 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  107 

sands  of  Judah,  yet  out  of  thee  shall  He  come  forth  unto 
me  that  is  to  be  ruler  in  Israel;  whose  goings  forth  have 
been  from  of  old,  from  everlasting."     (Micah  v:  2.) 

1898 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N. 
Dreier  (A.),  Mr.  William  S.  Hine  CT.),  Mr.  Edward  A. 
Allen  (B.).     Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

January  30 — 

Prelude — "Pastorale  in  F"   -----  Lucas 

Anthem — "Deus  Misereatur  in  E"       -     Horatio  VV.  Parker 
Response — "Lead,  Kindly  Light"        -       -       -  Stainer 

Offertory — "The  Lord  is  My  Light"    -       -       -       -     Buck- 
Mrs.  Trimble  and  Mr.  Hine. 
Postlude — "Prelude  and  Fugue  in  E  Minor"     -       -     Bach 

February  20 — Dr.  Chichester's  sermon  was  on  the  life  and 
influence  of  George  Washington. 

March  30 — Wednesday  afternoon;  funeral  services  of  Mr. 
Henry  Botsford,  conducted  by  Dr.  Chichester.  Mrs. 
Trimble  and  Miss  Evans  sang  familiar  hymns. 

April  10 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Pastorale  in  E"    -----         Lemare 

Anthem — "Happy  and  Blest"  (from  "St.  Paul") 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Anthem — "As  it  Began  to  Dawn"       -       _       -         Vincent 
Anthem — "Awake,  Glad  Soul,  Awake"       -       -  Foster 

Violoncello  Solo — "Adagio"  -       -       -       -  Mozart 

Offertory — "Easter  Hymn"  -       _       _       -  Roeder 

Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  violoncello  and  organ. 
Anthem — "This  is  the  Day  the  Lord  Hath  Made"-         Otis 

Accompanied  by  violoncello  and  organ. 
Postlude — "Grand  Chorus  in  D"  -       -       -  Hollins 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  E.  M.  Goodman,  Miss 
Edith  Goodwnn,  Miss  Hortense  Mallory  and  Miss  Ruth 
Wilson,  sopranos;  Miss  Bessie  Campbell,  Miss  Florence 
Campbell  and  Miss  Daisy  J.  Hubbard,  altos;  Mr.  Philo 
A.  Otis  and  Mr.  F.  J.  Wessels,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T. 
Atkinson  and  Mr.  F.  H.  Atkinson,  Jr.,  basses;  Mr.  Bruno 
Steindel  (violoncello).     Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

Sermon  by  Dr.  Chichester.  Text,  "And  very  early  in  the 
morning,  the  first  day  of  the  week,  they  came  unto  the 
sepulchre  at  the  rising  of  the  sun."     (St.  Mark  xvi:  2.) 

May  1 — Messrs.  Hine  and  Allen  having  resigned,  are  suc- 
ceeded by  Mr.  Glenn  Hall  (T.)  and  Mr.  Alfred  Williams 
(B.). 


108  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

May  22— 

Oflfertory— "My   Song  Shall   be   Ahvay   Thy   Mercy" 

__-------        Mendelssohn 

(From  "The  Hymn  of  Praise.") 
Mrs.  Trimble  and  Mr.  Hall. 

Sermon  by  Dr.  Chichester  on  the  life  and  work  of  Mr.  Glad- 
stone. Text,  "For  David,  after  he  had  served  his  own 
generation  by  the  will  of  God,  fell  on  sleep."  (Acts 
xiii:  36.) 

June  19— 

Anthem — "The  Righteous  Shall  Flourish"         -  Calkin 

The  Minister's  text  was  the  exclamation  of  Elijah,  "It  is 
enough;  now,  O  Lord,  take  away  my  life,"  uttered  by 
the  prophet  when  he  went  into  the  wilderness,  weary, 
alone,  broken  in  body  and  spirit  and  ready  to  die.  (I 
Kings  xix:  4.) 

June  26 — The  sermon  was  on  that  passage  of  St.  Paul's 
letter  to  the  Ephesians  (vi:  11-17),  in  which  the  Apostle 
makes  use  of  military  expressions:  "Put  on  the  whole 
armour  of  God,"  etc. 

July  17— Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin  (O.). 

Prelude — "Andante  con  Variazioni"  -     -        -  Calkin 

Offertory — "Love  Divine,  all  Love  Excelling"  -  Stainer 

Mrs.  Trimble  and  Mr.  James  Swift. 

Postlude — "Processional  March"          _       _       _  Whitney 

Dr.  Chichester  on  his  vacation.  The  Rev.  Sylvester  Scovel, 
D.  D.,  Worcester,  Ohio,  preacher.  Subject,  "The  Martyr 
Spirit."  Text,  "And  they  stoned  Stephen."  (Acts  vii: 
59-60.) 

July  31 — The  Rev.  L.  F.  Taverty  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
preacher.  The  speaker  said  the  present  war  with  Spain 
will  call  the  attention  of  the  whole  world  to  the  power 
of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race.  In  1700,  the  Anglo-Saxon 
people  numbered  6,000,000;  in  ISOO,  20,000,000;  in  1900, 
there  will  be  115,000,000. 

August  28 — 

Offertory — "Be  Thou  Faithful  unto  Death"       Mendelssohn 

(From  "St.  Paul".) 

Mr.  James  Swift. 

The  Rev.  John  C.  Watt,  D.  D.,  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Columbus,  Ohio,  preacher. 

September  11— The  Rev.  S.  C.  Palmer,  D.  D.,  preacher. 
Text,  "What  shall  I  do  for  thee?  what  hast  thou  in  the 
house?"     (II  Kings  iv:  2.) 


ELIOT  CHURCH,  NEWTOX.  MASS. 
Charles  D.  Irwin  at  the  Organ. 


pulpit  and  choir.  109 

September  25 — 

Offertory — "If  With  All  Your  Hearts"       -         Mendelssohn 

(From  "Elijah.") 

Mr.  Glenn  Hall. 

The  Minister  spoke  on  the  text,  "Owe  no  man  anything." 
(Romans  xiii:  8.) 

October  23 — 

Anthem— "Still,  Still  With  Thee"       -       -       _  Foote 

The  Minister  spoke  of  the  influence  of  heredity,  environment 
and  individual  responsibility  in  moulding  man's  character. 
The  Prophet  Ezekiel  says  (xviii:  2-4):  "What  mean 
ye,  that  ye  use  this  proverb  concerning  the  land  of 
Israel,  saying,  the  fathers  have  eaten  sour  grapes,  and 
the  children's  teeth  are  set  on  edge?"  etc. 

November  13 — 

Anthem — "Te  Deum  in  B  Minor"        _       _       _       _     Buck 

Anthem — "Let  not  your  Heart  be  Troubled"   -     Trembath 
Offertory — "The   Lord   is   my   Light   and    my   Salvation" 
-----------     Buck 

Mrs.  Dreier  and  Mr.  Williams. 

The  Minister  spoke  on  the  subject,  "How  to  Interest  Young 
Men  in  Church  Work."  There  are  8,000,000  young  men 
in  this  country  today;  twenty-five  per  cent  go  to  Church; 
five  per  cent  are  Church  members  and  only  three  per 
cent  give  anything  to  the  support  of  the  Gospel.  Text, 
"Run,   speak  to  this  young   man."     (Zech.  ii:4.) 

The  Rev.  W.  J.  McCaughan  began  his  labors  today,  as  Min- 
ister of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church. 

November  27 — 

Offertory — "O,  Saviour,  Hear  Me"      -       -       -  Gluck 

Mr.  Hall,  with  violin  obligate  by  Miss  Marian  Carpenter. 

December  4 — 

Anthem — "While  the  Earth  Remaineth"  -      John  A.  West 

The  Minister  spoke  on  Foreign  IMissions,  taking  for  his  text, 
"To  what  purpose  is  this  waste?"  (St.  Matt,  xxvi:  8). 
This  was  the  exclamation  of  the  disciples  in  the  house 
of  Simon  the  leper,  as  they  witnessed  the  woman  break 
the  alabaster  box  of  precious  ointment  and  pour  it  on 
the  head  of  our  Saviour.  The  same  question  is  asked 
today  regarding  the  expenditure  of  large  sums  annually 
in  the  mission  field.  What  about  our  Church  edifices, 
their  elaborate  fittings,  colored  windows  and  costly 
music?     Why  "this  waste"? 


110  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Organ  recital  at  3:30  P.  M.,  in  the  Church,  by  Mr.  Francis  S. 
Moore,  assisted  by  Mr.  Glenn  Hall. 

December  15  and  16— Thursday  and  Friday  evenings.  Mr. 
Tracy  C.  Drake  gave  his  lecture,  "With  a  Kodak  in 
Japan,  China  and  Hawaii,"  in  the  Church  parlors  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Bureau  of  Associated  Charities,  the 
Marguerite  Ayres  Kindergarten  at  Kioto,  Japan,  and  the 
Sunday-school  of  the  Church.  The  lecture  was  illus- 
trated with  many  beautifully  colored  views. 

December  25 — Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — "The  Pastoral  Symphony"  _       _       _     Bach 

Carol— "Sing  the  Holy  Christ-Child"  -       -  Foster 

Anthem — "O  Zion,  that  Tellest  Good  Tidings"  -  Buck 
Carol — "Christ  is  Born,  the  Angels  Sing"  -  -  -  Otis 
Violoncello  Solo — "Adagio"  _       _       _  Golterman 

Offertory— "The  Christ  Child"     -       -       -       -         Coombs 

Mr.  Glenn  Hall,  accompanied  by  vioHn  and  organ. 

Anthem — "O  Come,  Redeemer  of  Mankind"    John  E.  West 

Organ  Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Grace  E.  Dudley, 
Miss  Lura  E.  Hathaway  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Dunlap, 
sopranos;  Miss  Helen  Burton  and  Miss  Nellie  E.  Murphy, 
altos;  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  and  Mr.  Frederick  J.  Wessels, 
tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  F.  H.  Atkinson, 
Jr.,  basses;  Miss  Marian  Carpenter  (violin);  Mr.  Bruno 
Steindel  (violoncello) . 

Sermon  by  Dr.  Chichester.  Text,  "Mary,  the  Mother  of  Jesus." 
(Acts  i:  14.) 

1899 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N. 
Dreier  (A.),  Mr.  Glenn  Hall  (T.),  and  Mr.  Alfred  Williams 
(B.).     Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

During  the  absence  of  Mr.  Hall  in  the  summer,  his  place 
was  filled  by  Mr.  Alfred  Rollo. 

January  8 — 

Prelude — "Priere"  _____  Boellman 

Anthem — "Great  is  our  Lord"      -       -       -       -  Foster 

Anthem — "He  Will  Forgive"  _____  Moir 
Offertory — "Behold!    What  Manner  of  Love"  -       -  Armes 

Mrs.  Trimble  and  Mr.  Hall. 
Postlude — "March  in  C"        ______     Bossi 

January  29 — 

Anthem — "Thou,  O  Lord,  Art  Praised  in  Zion"  Selby. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  lU 

The  Minister  spoke  from  the  text,  "Having  a  good  consci- 
ence."    (I  Peter  iii:  16.) 

February  12 — 

Anthem — "The  Father's  Promise"      _       _       -      Rutenber 

Offertory — "The  Soft  Southern  Breeze"     -       -  Barnby 

Mr.  Glenn  Hall. 

The  Minister  spoke  on  "Home  Missions  and  the  Modern 
City."  Text,  "Except  the  Lord  keep  the  city."  (Ps. 
cxxvii:  1.) 

Dr.  Josiah  Strong,  author  of  the  work,  "Our  Country,"  has 
given  much  thought  to  the  depopulation  of  the  country 
districts  for  the  benefit  of  the  cities.  The  working  peo- 
ple flock  to  the  cities,  where  living  is  cheaper.  "It  is 
possible,"  says  Dr.  Strong,  "to  support  Hfe  in  New  York 
City  on  four  cents  a  day;  bed,  one  cent;  breakfast,  one 
cent;  dinner,  one  cent  and  supper,  one  cent.  Another 
cent  will  buy  a  newspaper."  Dr.  Chichester  stated  that 
one  hundred  years  ago  only  one  person  out  of  thirty 
lived  in  the  city;  fifty  years  ago,  one  out  of  twelve. 
Today  (1900)  the  country  districts  in  New  England  are 
almost  deserted,  so  great  is  the  rush  to  the  city.  The 
Chicago  directory  of  1830  contained  a  voting  list  of 
thirty  names.  The  population,  now  (1900)  is  1,800,000. 
Forty  per  cent  of  the  people  in  Massachusetts  now  live 
in  the  city  of  Boston  and  the  suburbs.  The  improve- 
ment in  farm  machinery  is  one  cause  for  the  desertion 
of  the  country  districts.  Four  men  can  now  do  the  work 
on  the  farm,  which  fifty  years  ago  required  fourteen. 
There  are  over  one  million  foreigners  in  Chicago,  and 
only  one  Church  for  5,000  people.  There  are  several  dis- 
tricts, each  containing  40,000  foreigners,  without  a 
Church  of  any  kind.  All  the  Church  buildings  and  mis- 
sion schools  in  Chicago  will  seat  only  800,000.  The  rest 
of  the  population  of  1,000,000,  cannot  go  to  Church  at 
all.  Queen  Victoria  says  the  Bible  is  the  source  of 
England's  prosperity  and  success.  Dr.  Chichester  assigned 
two  reasons  for  the  destitution  and  poverty  in  our 
cities:  man's  environment  and  man  himself. 

April  2 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Hymn  to  St.  Cecelia"  _       _       _         Gounod 

Chorale — "For  us,  the  Christ  is  Made  a  Victim  Availing" 

----------         Gounod 

Anthem — "Now  is  Christ  Risen"  -       -      John  E.  West 

Anthem — "The  Lord  Shall  Comfort  Zion"         -  Lutkin 

Trio — "Easter  Song"      -------       Otis 

For  violin,  violoncello  and  organ. 


112  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Offertory — "I  Know  that  My  Redeemer  Liveth"  Handel 
Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  violin,  violoncello  and  organ 
Anthem — "Shout,  Ye  High  Heavens"  -  -  Chadwick 
Organ  Postlude — "AUeluHa  in  E  Flat"       -       -  Dubois 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Fanny  U.  Pine,  Mrs. 
Virginia  Evans,  Miss  Elizabeth  Dunlap  and  Miss  Sarah 
Munson,  sopranos;  Miss  Jennie  F.  Johnson,  Miss  Edna  M. 
Barnes,  Miss  Anna"  Houser  and  Miss  E.  W.  Ockenga, 
altos;  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis  and  Mr.  Frederick  J.  Wessels, 
tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  H.  B.  Harvey, 
basses;  Mr.  Emil  Bare^  (violin);  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel 
(violoncello) . 

Easter  sermon  by  the  Minister.  Subject,  "The  Immortal  Life." 
(I  Cor.  XV :  53.) 

April  9 — 

Offertory — "Forever  With  the  Lord"  -       -         Gounod 

Mrs.  Dreier. 

The  subject  of  the  sermon  was,  "The  True  Imitation  of 
Christ."  The  Minister's  text  was  the  exclamation  of 
King  Saul  to  the  witch  of  Endor:  "For  the  Philistines 
make  war  against  me,  and  God  is  departed  from  me,"  etc, 
(I  Samuel  xxviii:  15.) 

April  23— 

Anthem — "I  Will  Mention"  _       _       _       _        Sullivan 

The  Choir  was  assisted  in  this  number  by  Mr.  Henry  A. 
Mix  (T.).2 

Dr.  Chichester  spoke  on  "The  Inspiration  of  Visions."  The 
prophet  Joel  says,  "Your  sons  and  your  daughters  shall 
prophesy,  your  old  men  shall  dream  dreams,  your  young 
men  shall  see  visions."  (Joel  ii :  28.)  There  are  two  classes 
of  men,  the  practical  and  the  visionary.  The  sermon  was 
a  plea  for  the  dreamer,  on  whom  most  of  us  look  with 
small  favor.  Where  no  vision  is,  the  people  perish. 
Galileo,  Newton,  Columbus,  Tyndall,  Lincoln — all  were 
dreamers. 

April  30— 

Anthem — "Great  is  our  Lord"     -       -       _       -  Foster 

The  Minister's  subject  was,  "The  Privileges  of  Christian 
Faith."  Text,  "And  these  things  shall  follow  them  that 
believe,"  etc.     (St.  Mark  xvi:  17-18.) 

'  Mr.  Emil  Bare  was  second  concert  meister  of  the  Thomas  Orchestra  (1897- 
1901).     He  is  now  (1913)  with  the  Orchestra  of  the  Royal  Opera  House,  Budapest. 

2  Mr.  Henr>-  A.  Mix  is  now  (1913)  a  member  of  the  Choir  of  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church,  Chicago. 


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May  7 — 

Anthem — "O  Come,  let  us  W'orshii)"  -       -       -     Mendelssohn 
(From  "The  Ninety-fifth  Psalm.") 

Dr.  McPherson  tendered  his  resignation  this  morning  as  Min- 
ister of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  to  become  head 
master  of  the  school  at  Lawrenceville,  N.  J. 

May  14 — The  Minister's  sermon  was  on  the  text,  "When  thou 
buildest  a  new  house,  then  thou  shalt  make  a  battlement 
for  thy  roof."  (Deut.  xxii:  8.)  Dr.  Chichester  in  con- 
clusion made  an  earnest  appeal  for  the  work  of  Railroad 
Chapel;  $2,000  subscribed. 

June  11 — Children's  Day.  The  Minister  preached  to  the 
little  folks  on  the  text:  "And  behold,  there  was  a  swarm 
of  bees."  (Judges  xiv:  8).  An  instructive  talk  to  the 
grown-ups  as  well.  There  are  "B's"  today  which  will 
yield  good  results,  with  a  little  attention;  "Be  diligent," 
"Be  watchful,"  "Be  courteous,"  "Be  of  good  cheer." 

June  25 — Subject  of  the  sermon,  "Orthodoxy."  The  Apostle 
Paul  in  his  letter  to  Titus,  says,  "But  speak  thou  the 
things  which  become  sound  doctrine."      (Titus  ii:  1.) 

A  tablet  has  been  placed  in  the  Church  during  the  past  week, 
bearing  this  inscription : 

In  Memory  of 

Asa  Page  Kelley, 

1822-1S93. 

Some  Time  an  Elder  in  this  Church. 

This  Tablet  is  Erected 

By  His  Daughter, 
Mary  Kelley  Shufeldt. 

July  16— The  Rev.  David  C.  Marquis,  D.  D.,^  of  the  Mc- 
Cormick  Theological  Seminary,  preacher.  Text,  "I 
know  thy  works,  and  where  thou  dwellest,  even  where 
Satan's  seat  is."     (Rev.  ii:  13.) 

July  23-30— The  Rev.W.  N.  Page,  D.  D.,  of  Fort  Leavenworth, 
Kansas,  preacher. 
The  Church  was  closed  during  the  month  of  August. 

September  3-10— Dr.  Hartley  of  La  Porte,  Ind.,  preacher. 

September  17 — Dr.  Chichester  resumed  his  work  this  morn- 
ing, subject,  "Spiritual  Effectiveness."  He  referred  to 
the  raising  of  the  Shunammite's  son  by  Elisha.  (II 
Kings  iv.)     Church  members  are  too  apt  in  this  day  to 

1  Dr.   Marquis  retired  from  the  Seminarj'  in   1909;   died  in  Chicago.   October  S, 
1912. 


114  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

do  good  through  others,  as  Elisha  sent  Gehazi,  instead 
of  g1)ing  himself.  There  is  too  much  dependence  today 
on  Committees,  boards  and  other  elaborate  organiza- 
tions; too  little  personal  responsibihty.  The  General  As- 
sembly report  (1894)  showed  a  net  increase  for  the  pre- 
ceding year  of  40,000  members.  In  1896  this  increase 
had  dropped  to  20,000.  In  1897  the  increase  was  only 
13,000.  For  the  year  ending  May,  1899,  this  increase 
had  fallen  to  8,000. 

September  17 — Sunday  afternoon;  funeral  services  of  Mr. 
Edward  Allen  Packard,  conducted  by  Dr.  Chichester. 
Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier  sang  the  hymns,  "Lead,  Kindly 
Light"  and  "Abide  with  Me." 

Mr.  Packard  was  admitted  to  the  membership  of  this 
Church,  March  26,  1866,  by  letter  from  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Stockton,  N.  Y. 

October  29 — 

Offertory — "The  Woods  and  Every  Sweet  Smelling  Tree" 
---------      John  E.  West 

Dr.  Chichester  spoke  on  the  "Reserve  Forces  of  Life."  Text, 
"Then  shall  the  kingdom  of  heaven  be  likened  unto  ten 
virgins,  which  took  their  lamps,  and  went  forth  to  meet 
the  bridegroom,"  etc.     (St.  Matthew  xxv:  1,  2.) 

November  12 — 

Offertory — "The  Ninety  and  Nine"     -       -       -       Campion 
Mr.  Glenn  Hall. 

The  Minister  spoke  on  "Environment"  as  one  of  the  influ- 
ences in  shaping  human  life.  Text,  "For  in  Him  we 
live,  and  move,  and  have  our  being."     (Acts  xvii:  28.) 

Four  influences  shape  human  life:  (1)  Heredity;  (2)  En- 
vironment; (3)  Man's  Own  Will;  (4)  Divine  Help.  There 
are  three  sorts  of  people  in  the  world :  "Wills,"  "Won'ts" 
and  "Can'ts." 

November  18 — Saturday  afternoon;  funeral  services  of  Mr. 
Franklin  Van  Tuyl  Chamberlain  at  his  late  residence  in 
Evanston,  conducted  by  Dr.  Chichester,  and  Dr.  Boyd 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Evanston. 

Mr.  Chamberlain  was  born  in  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.,  De- 
cember 26,  1820.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  1849,  and,  with 
his  wife,  was  admitted  to  membership  in  this  Church,  March 
9,  1850.  He  was  elected  an  Elder,  February  27,  1853,  and 
was  Clerk  of  the  Session  from  June  27,  1853,  to  March  25, 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  115 

1861;  succeeded  by  Mr.  E.  S.  Wells.  In  18G1,  he  removed  to 
Cincinnati,  returning  to  Chicago  in  1878,  when  he  was  again 
chosen  an  Elder,  retaining  the  office  until  his  death,  Novem- 
ber IG,  1899. 

November  30 — Thursday  morning.  Union  Thanksgiving 
service  of  the  Plymouth  Congregational,  Trinity  M.  E., 
First  Christian,  First  and  Second  Presbyterian  Churches, 
held  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church : 

Prelude — "Andante  in  D"     -       -       -       -       -  Hollins 

Anthem — "O  God,  Who  is  Like  Unto  Thee"     -  Foster 

Solo — "A  Song  of  Thanksgiving"         _       _       _         Allitsen 

Mrs.  Dreier. 
Offertory — "My  Song  Shall  be  Alway  Thy  Mercy" 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Mies  Mary  P.  Thomson  and  Mr.  Hall. 

Postlude — "Harvest  Thanksgiving  March"        -  Calkin 

Mr.  Moore. 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  W.  G.  McLennan,  D.  D.,  Minister  of 
Trinity  M.  E.  Church.  Text,  "Bless  the  Lord,  O  my 
soul;  and  all  that  is  within  me,  bless  His  holy  name." 
(Psalm  ciii:  1.) 

December  24 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Hymn  to  St.  Cecelia"  _       _       _         Gounod 

Violin,  violoncello  and  organ. 
Anthem — "There  Were  Shepherds"    -       -       -     Chadwick 
Carol — "Christ  is  Born,  the  Angels  Sing"  -       -       -       Otis 
Anthem — "It  Came  upon  the  Midnight  Clear"  Stainer 

Violoncello — "Romanza"       _       -       -       -       _  Becker 

Mr.  Bruno  Steindel. 
Offertory — "The  Nativity"  -----         Shelley 
With  accompaniment  for  violin  and  organ. 
Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier. 
Sermon — "The  Wise  Men  and  the  Babe" — Rev.   W.  J.  Chi- 
chester, D.  D. 
Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"  _       _       _         Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Virginia  Evans,  Miss 
Grace  E.  Dudley,  Miss  i\Iary  Hansel  and  Miss  Normanda 
Hvale,  sopranos;  Miss  Nellie  Murphy,  Miss  Anna  Read 
and  Miss  Julia  Clark,  altos;  Mr.  John  E.  Walker,  Mr. 
Philo  A.  Otis  and  Mr.  F.  J.  Wessels,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles 
T.  Atkinson,  Mr.  F.  H.  Atkinson,  Jr.,^  and  ]\Ir.  Arthur 
T.  Scott,  basses;  Mr.  Leon  Marx-  (violin);  Mr.  Bruno 
Steindel  (violoncello) . 

1  Mr.  F.  H.  Atkinson,  Jr.,  since  July.  1906,  Ass't  Paymaster,  U.  S.  N.;  has  sen-ed 
on  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  squadrons.  Mr.  Atkinson  is  the  author  of  a  number  of 
popular  songs. 

2  Mr.  Leon  Marx  was  a  member  of  the  Thomas  Orchestra  (1898-1911). 


116  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

1900 

The  Choir :  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Glenn  Hall  (T.),  Mr.  Alfred  Williams  (B.)  and 
Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

January  21— The  Rev.  E.  H.  Curtis,  D.  D.,  preacher.  Sub- 
ject, "The  trial  of  your  faith."     (I  Peter  i:  7.) 

February  U — Dr.  Chichester  spoke  of  Hezekiah  "as  the 
Oliver  Cromwell  of  the  Old  Testament,"  to  whom  we 
owe  much  of  our  religious  freedom  today. 

March  U — Second  Presbyterian  Church  destroyed  by  fire 
Thursday  night,  last.  By  invitation  of  Dr.  Chichester, 
members  of  the  Second  Church  with  their  Assistant  Min- 
ister, the  Rev.  C.  A.  Lippincott,  worshipped  with  us 
this  A.  M. 

March  14 — Wednesday  afternoon,  funeral  services  of  Mrs. 
Antoinette  W.  Freer,  widow  of  Mr.  L.  C.  P.  Freer,  at  the 
residence  of  Mr.  O.  K.  Johnson,  4527  Greenwood  avenue. 
Mrs.  Freer  died  Sunday,  March  11.  She  was  received 
into  the  membership  of  the  First  Church,  April  5,^1845, 
and  at  the  time  of  her  death  was  the  oldest  member. 

April  15 — Easter  Service: 

Prelude — "Meditation"  _       _       _       _       Bach-Gounod 

Anthem — "Behold,  Ye  Despisers"  -  -  H.  W.  Parker 
Easter  Carol— "The  Return  of  Spring"  _  -  _  Otis 
Anthem — "O  Jesus,  Thou  Art  Standing"  -       -  Foster 

Violoncello  Solo — "Romanza"      -       -       _       -        Sokalow 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory — "Ye  Bells  of  Easter  Day"  -       -         Dressier 

Mr.  Hall. 

Sermon —  "The  Influence  of    Immortality  on  the   Present 

Earthly   Existence."  Text,    "The  power  of  an  endless 

Hfe."  (Hebrews  vii:  16.)  Rev.  W.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D. 

Anthem — "Shout,  Ye  High  Heavens"         -       -     Chadwick 

Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"    -       -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  W.  E.  Barnes,  Miss 
Grace  E.  Dudley,  Miss  Normanda  Hvale,  Miss  Lura  E. 
E.  Hatheway  and  Miss  Leslie  R.  Preston,  sopranos;  Mrs. 
Jennie  M.  Affeld,  Miss  Clara  L.  Gibson,  Miss  Etta  C. 
Levin,  altos;  Mr.  H.  A.  Mix  and  Mr.  F.  J.  Wessels, 
tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  Mr.  Arthur  T.  Scott 
and  Mr.  Henry  H.  Schueler,  basses;  Mr.  Alexander 
Krauss  (violin)  and  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello).  Mr. 
Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 


SECOND   PRKSHVTivKIAN   CIirRCIl. 

Northwest  conic-r  of  Micliijjim  Aveiim-  ami  Twiiitiilh  Street,  as  it  appeared  ..n  tin 

morning  following  the  tire  of  Mareh  8,  1900. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  117 

The  cost  for  additional  voices  and  instrumental  players 
at  all  festival  services  is  borne  by  a  few  men  and  women  of 
the  Congregation. 

April  22 — The  Minister's  sermon  this  morning  was  on  the 
subject,  "Christian  Contentment."  Text,  "I  have  learned 
to  be  content."  (Phil,  iv:  11.)  Few  passages  in  all 
literature  are  so  full  of  peace  and  light  as  this  verse  in 
Paul's  letter.  The  whole  Epistle  is  akin  in  spirit  to 
Izaak  Walton's  "Compleat  Angler,"  or  Baxter's  "Saint's 
Rest."  (Baxter  was  Chaplain  in  Cromwell's  army.) 
The  word  "rejoice"  is  used  by  Paul  twelve  times  in  this 
Epistle. 

April  29 — Dr.  Chichester  spoke  on  Methodism  and  the  M.  E. 
Conference  which  meets  this  week  in  Chicago.  Text, 
"There  was  a  man  sent  from  God."  (St.  John  1 :  G.) 
IMethodism  began  November,  1729,  in  John  Wesley's 
room  at  Oxford.  Wesley  had  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
March  2,  1791,  110,000  followers.  In  1900,  there  were 
25,000,000  Methodists  in  the  world. 

May  13 — The  bulletin  announces  the  death.  May  7,  1900,  of 
Mrs.  A.  P.  Kelley,  an  old  member  of  this  Church. 

May  31 — Thursday  evening.  Organ  recital  in  the  Church  by 
Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore,  assisted  by  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss 
(violin)  and  the  "Boy  Soprano,"  Master  Leslie  Mayne. 

June  17 — 

Prelude — "Priere  in  G  Flat"         _       _       _       _      Leniaigre 
Anthem — "Thou  Visitest  the  Earth"  -       -         Barnby 

Miss  Tina  Mae  Haines  (O.). 

July  8— 

At  the  evening  service  in  the  Second  Presbyterian  Cluirch , 
the  Rev.  Pleasant  Hunter,  D.  D.,  the  new  Minister, 
spoke  from  the  text,  "O  Daniel,  a  man  greatly  beloved." 
(Daniel  x:  11.) 

July  15— The  Rev.  E.  Trumbull  Lee,  D.  D.,  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  preacher.    Subject,  "Faith."     (James  ii:  1.) 

July  22 — Sermon  by  Dr.  Page  of  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  who 
spoke  on  "The  Personal  Presence  of  Jesus  Christ,"  as 
shown  in  the  words  of  St.  Mark,  "He  could  not  be  hid." 
(St.  Mark  vii:  24).  The  preacher  referred  to  the  persist- 
ent force  of  power  as  manifested  in  the  case  of  Oliver 
Cromwell  and  other  great  men. 

September  10 — Dr.  Chichester  in  the  puli)it,  alter  the  sum- 
mer vacation;  spoke  on  the  recent  disaster  at  Galveston. 


118  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Text,  "For  when  Thy  judgments  are  in  the  earth," 
(Isaiah  xxvi:  9).  Are  Christians  to  regard  this  calamity 
as  a  punishment  on  the  people  of  that  city  for  their  sins? 
Divine  judgments  are  the  result  of  breaking  Divine  laws; 
rather,  they  are  the  result  of  neglect  in  taking  reasonable 
human  precautions. 

September  23 — 

Offertory — "A  Ballad  of  the  Trees  and  the  Master" 

----------     Chadwick 

Mr.    Williams. 
Mr.  Charles  D.  Irwin  (O.). 

October  7 — Dr.  Chichester  chose  for  his  subject,  "Cross- 
Bearing,"  using  the  words  of  the  Apostle  Mark,  "Who- 
ever will  come  after  me,"  etc.  The  Minister  referred  to 
the  Crusaders  and  their  conquest  of  Palestine.  Our 
word  "saunter"  is  derived  from  the  French  "Saint  Terre" 
("Holy  Land"),  having  reference  to  the  Knights  loiter- 
ing, "sauntering"  on  their  w'ay  to  and  from  the  Holy 
Land. 

November  25 — Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organist  of  the  Church 
(1879-1895),  was  present  this  morning.  After  the  last 
hymn,  Dr.  Chichester  spoke  of  Mr.  Eddy's  long  service 
with  the  Church,  and  said  the  people  would  love  to  see 
him  in  his  old  place  at  the  organ.  After  the  benediction, 
Mr.  Eddy  played  a  portion  of  Widor's  "Second  Sym- 
phony," and  the  "Meditation"  by  d'Evry. 

December  23 — Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — "Christmas  Pastoral"    -       -       -       -        Whiting 

Anthem — "Angels,  from  the  Realms  of  Glory"  Cowen 

Carol — "In   the   Field   with   Their   Flocks   Abiding" 

---------      John  E.  West 

Anthem — "Calm   on   the   List'ning   Ear  of   Night" 

---------      H.  W.  Parker 

Violin  Solo — "Cavatina"        ------       Raff 

Mr.  Krauss. 
Offertory — "Christmas  Song"       -----    Adam 

Mr.  Hall. 

VioHn  Solo — "Meditation"    -       -       -       _      Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Accompanied  by  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 

Christmas  Sermon—Rev.  W.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D. 

Anthem — "O  Sing  to  God"  -----         Gounod 

Organ  Postlude — "Triumphal  March"         -       -  Dubois 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Grace  E.  Dudley, 
Miss  Carolyn  Mason,  Miss  Grace  Jones,  Miss  Rebecca  M. 
Whitehead  and  Miss  Lura  E.  Hatheway,  sopranos;  Mrs. 
C.  K.  Harmon,  Mrs.  Augusta  Posner,  Miss  Clara  Halla- 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  119 

day  and  ^liss  Germaine  H.  Ames,  altos;  ]\Ir.  L.  A.  Bow- 
man, Mr.  Lawrence  Proudfoot,  Jr.,  and  Mr.  Henry  O, 
Price,  tenors;  Mr.  Arthur  T.  Scott,  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkin- 
son and  Mr.  Frank  Pearson,  basses.  Mr.  Alexander 
Kruass  (violin),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  and 
Mrs.  M.  Wunderle  (harp).  Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choir- 
master. 

1901 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  :Mrs.  Christine  X.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Glenn  Hall  (T.),  Mr.  Alfred  Williams  (B.),  Mr. 
Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

January  20 — Miss  Grace  E.  Dudley  (S.)  assisted. 

Anthem — "Thou  Earth,  Waft  Sweet  Incense"  Spohr 

The  Minister  spoke  on  "The  Limitations  of  lafe."  St.  John 
says  (Rev.  i:  9):  "I,  John,  was  in  the  isle  that  is 
called  Patmos."  Life  has  its  boundaries,  as  this  small 
island  was  bounded  by  the  blue  Aegean  waters.  We 
are  today  prisoners  of  time,  place,  passion  and  sin. 
The  preacher  referred  to  the  great  power  of  heredity. 

February  10 — The  Minister  spoke  on  Home  ^Missions.  Text, 
"The  King  himself  is  served  by  the  field."  (Eccl.  v:  9.) 
Out  of  a  pupulation  of  1,855,000  in  Chicago  (1900),  only 
500,000  are  of  American  birth.  There  are  twice  as  many 
Irish  today  in  America  as  there  are  in  all  Ireland. 

February  17 — A  fierce  snowstorm.  The  sei^ice  this  morn- 
ing was  in  the  interest  of  the  Citizens^VLeague.  The 
Minister  spoke  on  "Civic  Righteousness."  Text,  "And 
he  cried  mightily  with  a  strong  voice,  saying,  'Babylon 
the  great  is  fallen.'  "  (Rev.  xviii:  2.)  Efficiency  in 
office  is  the  one  plain,  unalterable  rule  for  all  private 
business  and  it  ought  to  be  the  rule  for  all  civic  adminis- 
tration. The  city  is  simply  a  great  corporation  in  which 
every  property  owner  is  a  stockholder. 

February  24 — 

Anthem — "I  Will  Lift  Up  Mine  Eyes"        -       -       Henschel 

Offertory — "Be  Thou  Faithful  Unto  Death"      Mendelssohn 

Mr.  Hall. 

April  7 — Easter  Celebration : 

Prelude— "Largo"  -------  Handel 

Violin,  violoncello  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Now  is  Christ  Risen"  -       -      John  E.  West 

Easter  Hymn— "Sweetly,  the  Birds  are  Singing"    Goodrich 
Anthem — "Behold,  Ye  Despisers"       -       -      H.  W.  Parker 
Violoncello  Solo— "Air  in  D"        -       -       -       -       -      Bach 

Mr.  Steindel. 


120  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Offertory — "Easter  Morning"       -----       Otis 

Mrs.  Dreier. 

Organ  Postlude— "Hallelujah  Chorus"       -       -         Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir,  (Mr.  Frank  M.  Coffin  (T.)  in  the  absence 
of  Mr.  Glenn  Hall),  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  J.  N.  Van  Pelt, 
Miss  Grace  E.  Dudley,  Miss  Grace  Jones,  Miss  Carolyn 
Mason,  Miss  Pearl  Coe  and  Miss  Rebecca  M.  Whitehead, 
sopranos;  Mrs.  C.  K.  Harmon,  Miss  Germaine  H.  Ames,^ 
Miss  Clara  Halladay  and  Miss  Etta  C.  Levin,  altos;  Mr. 
J.  B.  Miller,  Mr.  Lawrence  Proudfoot,  Jr.,  and  Mr.  F.  J. 
Wessels,  tenors;  Mr.  Frank  Pearson,  Mr.  Charles  T.  At- 
kinson and  Mr.  Henry  H.  Schueler,  basses.  Mr.  Alex- 
ander Krauss  (violin),  and  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violon- 
cello).    Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

April  28 — A  lovely  spring  day.  Mr.  Coffin  (T.),  in  the  ab- 
sence of  Mr.  Hall.  The  Minister's  text  was,  "Not  sloth- 
ful in  business."  (Romans  xii:  IL)  Hall  Caine  wrote 
"The  Christian"  to  prove  that  Christianity  is  impossible 
as  society  is  now  constituted.  The  world  is  too  wicked. 
"Religion  in  business,"  said  the  Minister,  "is  not  incom- 
patible, but  religion  in  business  does  not  always  mean 
success  in  business." 

May  12 — The  Rev.  John  H.  Barrows,  D.  D.,  preacher.  Text, 
"Our  Father  who  art  in  Heaven."     (St.  Luke  xi:  2.) 

May  19 — Dr.  Chichester  spoke  on  the  parable,  "The  wither- 
ing of  the  fig  tree,"  (St.  Matt,  xxi:  19).  Christ  came  not  to 
destroy,  but  to  build  up,  to  heal.  This  miracle  is  quite 
exceptional  in  the  life  of  Christ. 

June  2 — 

Anthem — "There  is  a  Fountain  Filled  with  Blood"  -  Otis 
Dr.  Chichester  spoke  on  the  work  of  the  late  General  As- 
sembly and  the  "Revision  of  the  Westminster  Confes- 
sion." Text,  "And  the  apostles  and  the  elders  came 
together  for  to  consider  of  this  matter."  (Acts  xv:  6.) 
The  General  Assembly  is  republican  in  its  form  of  gov- 
ernment. The  600  members  are  divided  into  two  great 
parties.  Conservatives  and  Radicals.  In  1800,  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  the  United  States  had  less  than 
12,000  members;  now  there  are  over  one  million. 

BAPTIZED 

By  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D. 

James  Otis — Son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  C.  Otis. 

Otis  Buckingham — Son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Buckingham. 

1  Miss  Germaine  H.  Ames,  aftenvard,  Mrs.  Glenn  Hall. 


GLENN   HALL. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  121 

July  5 — Friday.  I  attended  the  funeral  services  of  the  Rev. 
Franklin  W.  Fisk,  D.  D.,  at  4  P.  M.,  in  Fisk  Hall  of  the  Chi- 
cago Seminary.  Dr.  Fisk  passed  away  yesterday,  July  4, 
in  his  eighty-second  year.  After  graduating  from"  Vale,  he 
came  to  Beloit  College,  Wisconsin,  and  later  to  Chicago, 
as  professor  in  the  new  Chicago  Seminary.  Dr.  Fisk  will 
always  be  held  in  grateful  remembrance  by  the  people  of 
the  First  Church  for  his  faithful  work  with  them  as 
permanent  supply  after  the  removal  of  Dr.  Mitchell  to 
Cleveland  in  1880. 

July  21— 

Anthem — "In  Dreams  I've  Heard  the  Seraphs"  Faure 

Preacher,  the  Rev.  E.  B.  Newcomb  of  Keokuk,  Iowa.  Text, 
"But  the  things  which  are  not  seen  are  eternal."  (II 
Cor.  iv:  18.) 

September  22 — Dr.  Chichester  resumed  his  work,  speaking 
on  the  "Parable  of  the  Talents."  Text,  "And  likewise  he 
that  had  received  two,  he  also  gained  other  two."  (St. 
Matt.  XXV :  17.)  Many  men  go  through  life  with  few 
chances  and  opportunities,  having  two  talents  and  only 
make  a  moderate  success.  Such  are  the  plain  people 
whom  Abraham  Lincoln  said  the  Lord  must  have  loved, 
for  he  made  so  many  of  them. 

October  13 — 

Anthem — "O  God,  Have  Mercy"         -       -       _  Calkin 

Mr.  Glenn  Hall  and  quartette. 

Dr.  Chichester  spoke  on  the  theme,  "The  Repose  Needed  in 
Spiritual  Life."  Text,  "Take  heed  and  be  quiet."  (Is. 
vii:  4.) 

December  l — Dr.  Chichester  spoke  on  "Divine  Economy." 
Text,  "Gather  up  the  fragments."  (St.  John  vi:  12.) 
The  great  problem  of  the  twentieth  century  is  economic 
production. 

December  22 — Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — Largo  from   "The  New   World  Symphony" 

----------         Dvordk 

Anthem— "O  Zion,  that  Tellest"  -       -       -  Buck 

Anthem — "Hark,  the  Glad  Sound"     -       -       -  Foster 

Offertory — "O  Little  Town  of  Bethlehem"         -  Otis 

Mr.  Hall. 
Christmas  Sermon — Rev.  \V.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D. 
Anthem — "Calm    on    the    List'ning    Ear   of    Night" 

---------      H.  \V.  Parker 

Organ  Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 


122  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Rebecca  M.  White- 
head/ Miss  Mignon  Demerest  and  Miss  Blanche  Gilson, 
sopranos;  Miss  Etta  C.  Levin,  Mrs.  O.  M.  Post  and  Mrs. 
Sarah  R.  Haight,  altos;  Mr.  Thomas  Abercrombie,  Mr. 
W.  T.  Matthias  and  Mr.  Frederick  J.  Wessels,  tenors; 
Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  Henry  H.  Schueler, 
basses;  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (violin),  Mr.  Bruno  Stein- 
del  (violoncello),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Leopold 
de  Mare  (French  horn).  Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choir- 
master. 

1902 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Glenn  Hall  (T.),  Mr.  Alfred  Williams  (B.),  Mr. 
Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

January  12 — 

Prelude — "Cantilene"    -----         Rheinberger 
Motet— "The  Lord  Give  Ear  to  Thee"        -         Rheinberger 

In  the  afternoon,  funeral  services  of  Mary  Brewster,  wife  of 
Mr.  George  H.  Laflin,  from  her  late  residence,  1614 
Michigan  avenue,  conducted  by  Dr.  Chichester,  assisted 
by  the  Church  Choir.  Mrs.  Laflin  was  born  in  Pittsfield, 
Mass.,  of  a  family  line  directly  descended  from  Elder 
Brewster  of  the  Mayflower  Company.  She  was  deeply 
interested  in  all  the  activities  of  the  First  Church,  es- 
pecially Home  and  Foreign  Missions.  For  thirty  years, 
she  had  been  connected  with  the  management  of  the 
Home  for  the  Friendless.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Laf- 
lin were  admitted  to  the  membership  of  the  First  Church, 
December  26,  1864.     Mrs.  Laflin  died  January  10,  1902. 

February  23 — The  annual  collection  for  Home  Missions. 
The  Minister  gave  some  interesting  data  regarding  mod- 
ern city  life. 

Life  in  the  city  affords  great  opportunities.  The  cost  of 
living  is  less.  Chicago  has  less  past  and  more  future  than 
any  other  city  in  the  world.  The  preacher  referred  to  the 
extraordinary  growth  of  the  modern  city.  Paris  has  doubled 
its  population  four  times  in  a  hundred  years.  The  popula- 
tion of  Berlin  increases  faster  than  that  of  any  other  city  in 
Europe.  No  city  in  the  world  has  exceeded  the  growth  of 
Chicago,  from  a  population  of  300,  when  Dr.  Porter  organ- 
ized the  First  Church  in  1833,  to  fully  two  million  at  this 
date  (1902). 

1  Afterward,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Gibbs;  resides  (1913)  in  Richmond,  Mass. 


.i< >si-:iMi  i:i)\\ Aki»  ( >Tis. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  123 

March  9— The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mr.  Milton  G.  Lutz 
(violin). 

Prelude — "Air  in  D"      ---___  Bach 

Mr.  Lutz. 

Offertory — "The  Light  of  Heaven"     -       -       -         Gounod 

Mrs.  Trimble,  with  violin  obligate. 

3:00  P.  M. :  Funeral  services  of  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Otis  (died 
March  7),  from  his  late  residence,  1730  Prairie  avenue, 
conducted  by  Dr.  Chichester,  assisted  by  the  Im- 
perial Quartette.  Mr.  Otis  was  born  in  Berlin,  Erie 
County,  Ohio,  April  30,  1830.  His  education  was  ac- 
quired at  the  common  school;  later  he  had  a  three  years' 
course  at  the  Huron  Institute  in  Milan,  Ohio.  In  ISoo, 
he  was  appointed  cashier  of  the  Milan  Bank  (Andrews 
&  Otis),  with  which  he  continued  until  18G2.  While 
living  in  Milan  he  married  Maria,  daughter  of  Judge 
Taylor.  In  1860  he  came  to  Chicago,  and  for  four  years 
had  control  of  a  line  of  vessels  on  the  lakes,  carrying 
grain  from  Chicago  to  Buffalo.  After  discharging  their 
cargoes  of  wheat  at  Buffalo,  his  schooners  would  run 
"light"  to  Erie,  Pa.,  there  to  load  with  coal  for  Chicago. 
Mr.  Otis  disposed  of  his  vessel  interests  in  1864,  and  be- 
gan investments  in  real  estate.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Common  Council  of  Chicago  at  the  time  of  the  fire 
(1871),  having  been  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket 
from  the  second  ward.  Mr.  and  i\Irs.  Otis  were  re- 
ceived into  the  membership  of  this  Church,  October  5, 
1866.  His  widow  and  four  children  survive  him;  Mrs. 
John  E.  Jenkins,  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Otis,  Jr.,  Mr.  Ralph  C. 
Otis  and  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Buckingham, 

March  30 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Largo"  -------  Handel 

Anthem — "Break  Forth  Into  Joy"      -       _       -         Barnby 
Easter  Hymn — "Awake,  Glad  Soul,  Awake"     -  Foster 

Anthem — "In  Heavenly  Love  Abiding"     -      H.  \V.  Parker 
Violin  Solo — "Medita,tion"    -       -       -       -       Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 
Offertory — "Come,  See  the  Place  Where  Jesus  Lay" 

---------      H.  W.  Parker 

Mrs.  Trimble. 

Easter  Sermon — Rev.  W.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D. 

Anthem — "God  Hath  Appointed  a  Day"  -       -  Tours 

Organ  Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"  Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  (Mr.  Karl  W.  Knorr  (T.)  in  the  ab- 
sence of  Mr.  Hall),  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  \V.  D.  Ferguson, 
Miss  Ada  M.  Smith,  Miss  Blanche  Gilson,  and  Miss  Mig- 
non  Demerest,  sopranos;  Mrs.  J.  W.  McElroy,  Miss  Nina 


124  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Ferris,  Miss  Etta  C.  Levin  and  Miss  Myrtle  Lawton, 
altos;  Mr.  B.  H.  Atwood  and  Mr.  Frederick  J.  Wessels/ 
tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr.  Henry  H. 
Schueler,  basses;  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (violin),  Mr. 
Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  Alfred  Ouensel  (flute), 
Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (horn),  Mrs.  Emma  W.  Bichl 
(harp).    Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis  choirmaster. 

April  20 — The  Minister's  sermon  (subject,  "How  to  Keep 
Young,")  was  a  consolation  to  those  who  are  in  dread  of 
the  approach  of  old  age.  Text,  "Thy  youth  is  renewed 
like  the  eagle's"  (Ps.  ciii:  5).  A  ceaseless,  congenial 
activity  is  essential  for  a  happy  old  age. 

May  4 — The  Minister  spoke  on  "The  Good  Shepherd." 
Text,  "Our  Lord  Jesus,  that  great  Shepherd."  (He- 
brews xiii:  20.)  The  people  of  Palestine  and  Syria  had 
much  of  their  wealth  in  sheep  and  cattle,  hence  the  con- 
stant use  of  these  words  in  the  Scriptures.  The  old 
Romans  had  so  much  of  their  wealth  in  flocks  and  herds 
that  the  Latin  words,  in  common  parlance,  for  sheep 
and  money,  were  almost  synonomous. 

May  25— 

Anthem — "Let  us  now  Fear  the  Lord,  Our  God" 

---------      John  E.  West 

Offertory — "O  Saviour,  Hear  Me"       -       -       -  Gluck 

Mr.  Hall. 

Postlude — "Fugue  in  C  Minor"  _       _       _  Bach 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  Minister  spoke  of  the  recent  earthquake  in  the  island  of 
Martinique  and  the  general  subject  of  such  disturbances 
in  nature.     Why  does  God  allow  such  calamities  to  hap- 
pen?    Dr.  Chichester  referred  to  the  falling  of  the  tower 
in  Siloam,  as  narrated  in  St.  Luke  (xiii:  4-5). 
May  26 — Monday.     The  evening  papers  announced  the  seri- 
ous illness  of  Dr.  Barrows  at  Oberlin,  Ohio. 
June  3 — Tuesday.     Telegram  from  Miss  Mary  Eleanor  Bar- 
rows: "Father  died  at  two  o'clock  this  A.  M."     It  is  too 
sudden  and  sad  for  belief. 
June  8 — Sunday   morning.     Memorial   service   for   Dr.    Bar- 
rows, conducted  by  Dr.  Chichester,  assisted  by  the  Choir. 
Prelude — "Funeral  March"  -----  Chopin 
Anthem— Chorale, "To  Thee,  O  Lord,  I  Yield  ] 
My  Spirit"        -       -       -       -      | 
Recitative,  "And  theWitnesseshad  [  Mendelssohn 
Laid  Down  their  Clothes"     -     f  ^enaeissonn 
Chorus,  "Happy  and  Blest"  (From  I 
"St.  Paul")    -       -       -       -       J 

'  Mr.   Frederick  J.  Wessels  has  been  manager  of  the  Thomas  Orchestra  since 
1899. 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  125 

Anthem — "And  God  Shall  Wipe  Away  all  Tears"        Harris 
Offertory — "Be  Thou  Faithful  Unto  Death"      Mendelssohn 

Mr.   Hall. 

Postlude — "Dead  March,"  ("Saul")    -       _       _         Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

June  22— 

Anthem — "The  Woods  and  Every  Sweet  Smelling 

Tree"       ----___      john  E.  West 
Offertory — "I  Will  Mention"        _       _       _  Sullivan 

Postlude — "Marche  Pontificale"  -       -  Tombelle 

Mr.  Chas.  D.  Irwin,  organist. 

The  Minister  gave  the  people  some  "Thoughts  on  Summer 
Days."  Text,  "The  trees  of  the  Lord  are  full  of  sap." 
(Ps.  civ:  16.) 

June  29 — The  Minister's  sermon  was  on  "Crowns  and  Coron- 
ations." Text,  "Henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a 
crown  of  righteousness,"  (II  Timothy  iv:  8).  Dr.  Chi- 
chester referred  to  the  historical  crowns  of  Europe, 
among  them  the  Iron  Crown  of  Lombardy,  richly  jew- 
eled and  enameled,  preserved  at  IMonza,  Italy.  A  legend 
says  the  inner  band  of  iron  was  hammered  out  of  a  nail 
of  the  true  cross.  Another  historical  crown  is  that  of 
Charlemagne,  preserved  at  Vienna,  composed  of  a  series 
of  plaques  of  gold,  richly  ornamented  with  emeralds  and 
sapphires.  At  Madrid,  is  preserved  the  crown  of  Svin- 
tilla,  King  of  the  Visigoths,  (621-631),  consisting  of  a 
circlet  of  thick  gold  set  with  precious  stones.  The  crown 
worn  by  Queen  Victoria  at  her  coronation,  June  28, 
1838,  was  that  of  Edw^ard  II,  the  most  graceful  and  ele- 
gant of  all  the  forms  which  the  English  medieval  crown 
had  assumed,  altered,  however,  for  this  occasion,  with 
arches  made  of  oak  leaves  in  gold.  Dr.  Chichester  spoke 
of  the  approaching  coronation  of  Edward  VII  of  Eng- 
land. 

July  6 — Last  service   in   the  Church  before  vacation.     Miss 
Grace  E.  Dudley  (S.)  assisted. 
Offertory — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"   -       -        Mendelssohn 

Dr.  Chichester  spoke  of  "Religious  Meriiorials"  and  referred 
to  the  proposed  renovation  of  the  interior  and  exterior 
of  the  (Church. 

At  4:00  P.  M.,  funeral  services  of  Mr.  H.  M.  Sherwood,  from 
his  late  residence,  4529  Greenwood  avenue,  conducted 
by  Dr.  Chichester  with  the  assistance  of  the  Choir.  Mr. 
Sherwood  came  to  Chicago  in  1858;  was  admitted  to 
membership  in  the  First  Church,  July  1,  1864;  member 


126  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  Treasurer  of  the  Church 
(1874-1888). 

September  28— First  service  after  vacation  days,  held  in  the 
Sunday-school  room.  Sermon  by  Dr.  Chichester;  text, 
"And  Jacob  was  left  alone."     (Gen.  xxxii:  24.) 

October  26— Service  held  in  the  newly  decorated  audience 
room.  The  enlarged  space  of  the  choir  gallery  will  be 
greatly  appreciated  at  the  Christmas  and  Easter  Festi- 
vals. Mr.  Frederick  Clay  Bartlett  assisted  the  Trustees 
in  selecting  colors  and  decorations. 

December  1— Annual  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society. 
Report  of  the  Trustees  was  read  by  Mr.  WiUiam  H. 
Swift,  President,  giving  data  as  to  the  cost  of  recent  im- 
provements on  the  Church.  The  exterior  work  cost 
$5,000;  interior,  $8,400.  Of  this  amount,  $2,500  was 
contributed  at  Christmas,  one  year  ago;  $8,400  was 
raised  through  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Chichester;  and  $735 
by  Mrs.  Chichester,  toward  cost  of  the  carpet. 

December  28— Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — "The  Pastoral  Symphony"  -       -       -  Bach 

Anthem — "Angels  from  the  Realms  of  Glory"  Cowen 

Hymn— Anthem— "O  Gladsome  Light"     -  Sullivan 

Anthem — "Calm  on  the  List'ning  Ear  of  Night" 

____-_---      H.  W.  Parker 
Violoncello  Solo— "Meditation"  ("Thais")         -      Massenet 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory— "O  Sing  to  God"         _       _       _       -         Gounod 
Christmas  Sermon— Rev.  W.  J.  Chichester,  D.  D. 
Violin  Solo— "Meditation"    -       -       -       -      Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"        -       -  Handel 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  (Mr.  Karl  W.  Knorr  (T.),  Mr.  Hall^  having 
resigned),  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric  Choral  Club  (16 
voices),  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (violin),  Mr.  Bruno  Stein- 
del (violoncello),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Leopold 
de  Mare  (French  horn)  and  Mrs.  Emma  W.  Bichl  (harp) . 
Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

1903 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Karl  W.  Knorr  (T.),  Mr.  Alfred  Williams  (B.), 
Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

1  Mr.  Glenn  Hall,  on  leaving  Chicago,  sang  in  the  Brick  Presbyterian  Church,  New 
York  City,  for  several  years;  later  studied  in  Germany  and  Italy,  returning  to  America 
for  two  seasons  with  the  MetropoUtan  Opera  Co.  Mr.  Hall  now  (1912)  resides  in 
Florence,  Italy. 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  127 

January  25 — 

Prelude — "Elevation  in  A  Flat"  _       _       _      Guilmant 

Offertory — "My  Hope  is  in  the  Everlasting"     -  Stainer 

(From  "The  Daughter  of  Jairus.") 

Mr.   Knorr. 

February  8— Mr.  Alfred  D.  Shaw  (T.),  succeeding  Mr.  Karl 
W.  Knorr. 

Offertory— "If  With  All  Your  Hearts"       -         Mendelssohn 
Mr.  Shaw. 

February  15— Mr.  W.  A.  Willett  (B.),  in  the  absence  of  Mr. 
Alfred  Williams. 

Offertory — "Palm  Branches"        -       _       _       _       _    Faure 
Mr.  Willett. 

The  Rev.  Clifford  W.  Barnes,  preacher.  Dr.  Chichester  ill. 
Text,  "These  things  have  I  spoken  unto  you  that  my 
joy  might  remain  in  you."    (St.  John  xv:  11.) 

March  22— Dr.  Noble  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  preacher.  He 
announced  the  serious  illness  of  Dr.  Chichester,  at  At- 
lanta, Ga. 

March  24 — Tuesday.  Telephone  message  to  me  from  Mr. 
Caryl  Young,  that  Dr.  Chichester  had  passed  away  at 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  Monday  evening. 

It  does  not  seem  possible!  A  meeting  of  the  Session 
was  called  at  the  Sherman  House  in  the  afternoon.  Messrs. 
Dudley,  Baker  and  myself  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
make  arrangements  for  the  funeral. 

March  26 — Thursday.  Funeral  services  of  our  beloved  Min- 
ister were  held  in  the  Church  at  3:00  P.  M.  The  Rtv. 
James  G.  K.  McClUre,  D.  D.,  officiated,  assisted  by  the 
Choir.  Address  by  the  Rev.  Frank  W.  Gunsaulus,  D.  D. 
Mr.  Moore  played  the  "Funeral  March"  of  Chopin  at  the 
opening  of  the  service,  and  the  "Chant  Seraphique"  of 
Guilmant  at  the  close.  Mr.  Glenn  Hall  sang  the  aria  by 
Gluck,  "O  Saviour,  Hear  Me." 

March  29 — Memorial  service  for  the  Rev  William  John  Chi- 
chester, D.  D.,  the  seventh  Minister,  conducted  bv  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Marshall,  D.  D. 

Prelude — "Funeral  March"  _       _       _       _  Chopin 

Anthem— Chorale,  "To  Thee,  O  Lord, I  Yield  ] 
my  Spirit"       -       -       -       _       | 
Recitative,  "And  theWitnesses  had  (  Mendelssohn 

Laid  Down  their  Clothes"     -       f 
Chorus,  "Happy  and  Blest"  (From  I 
"St.  Paul")       -       _       _       _       J 
Anthem — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"     -       -        Mendelssohn 


128  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Addresses — Rev.  Willis  G.  Craig,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Herrick  John- 
son, D.  D.,  and  Rev.  James  G.  K.  McClure,  D.  D. 
Postlude — "Dead  March"  ("Saul")     -       -       -  Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Grace  E.  Dudley^  (S.), 
and  Mr.  Glenn  Hall  (T.). 

April  12 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Meditation"  _       _       _       _  Rousseau 

Violoncello  solo— Mr.  Herner. 
Anthem — "Worthy  is  the  Lamb"        -       _       _         Barnett 
Anthem — "O  Saving  Victim"       _       -       -       _         Gounod 
Anthem — "Behold,  Ye  Despisers"       -       -      H.  W.  Parker 
Anthem — "When  the  Sabbath  was  Past"  -       -  Foster 

Offertory — ^"Hosanna"  ------         Granier 

Mr.  Vvlllett. 
Easter   Sermon — Rev.   Reuben   Haines   Hartley,   D.  D.,   La 

Porte,  Indiana. 
VioHn  Solo — "Largo"     ------         Handel 

Mr.  Schulze. 
Organ  Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"  (From  "The 

Messiah")  --_--__  Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  (Mr.  W.  A.  Willett  (B.),  was  assisted  by 
Miss  Suzanne  McClure,  Miss  Mignon  Demerest,  Miss  Alice 
Geiseking,  Miss  Adah  Conner  and  Miss  Rena  Gutten- 
berg,  sopranos;  Miss  Myrtle  Lawton,  Miss  Margaret 
Brown,  Miss  Theckla  Leafbourg,  Miss  Bertha  C.  De  La 
Mothe  and  Miss  Lucy  Kent,  altos;  Mr.  John  Bullen,  Mr. 
George  F.  O'Connell,  Mr.  W.  M.  Gamble,  Mr.  W.  H. 
Graham,  Mr.  H.  G.  Martin,  tenors;  Mr.  E.  R.  Johnson, 
Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  Mr.  F.  L.  Gaudreaux,  Mr.  H.  B. 
Harvey  and  Mr.  C.  N.  Stevens,  basses.  Mr.  Walter 
Schulze  (violin),  Mr.  Julius  Herner  (violoncello),  Mr. 
Hermann  Wiesenbach  (flute),  Mr.  Joseph  Fischer  (French 
horn),  Mrs.  Emma  W.  Bichl  (harp).  Mr.  Philo  Adams 
Otis,  choirmaster. 

Miss  Edna  K.  Wooley  wrote  of  this  service  in  the  Chicago 
Evening  Journal,  of  Monday,  April  13: 

"I  decided  to  attend  service  at  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  on  Easter  Day,  and  to  sit  once  more  in  the  warm, 
dim  light  of  this  famous  old  house  of  worship. 

The  present  edifice,  at  Twenty-first  street  and  Indiana 
avenue,  has  been  standing  since  the  great  fire.  Before  that, 
the  Church  was  situated  down  town — on  Wabash  avenue, 
near  Congress  street,  opposite  the  Auditorium.  It  has  always 
been  a  Church  of  the  substantial  and  best  class  of  people,  and 

1  Afterward.   Mrs.   W.   T.   Fenton;   now   (1913)  resides  in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 


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today,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  sit  among  them,  for  they  are  mostly  ' 
Chicago-born,  and  thoroughly  American. 

This  is  a  beautiful  old  Church — for  memory's  sake,  for 
the  harmonious  richness  of  its  interior  architecture,  and  for 
the  glory  of  its  wonderful  windows. 

Now,  about  the  preacher  today — Dr.  Hartley. 

He  is  a  Nathaniel  Hawthorne  sort  of  man.  Of  poetry, 
he  is  the  breathing  essence.  To  hurts  and  happiness,  he  is 
highly  sensitive.  Of  sorrow  he  must  know  much,  for  he 
understands  so  well  the  pangs  of  others'  sorrows. 

What  drew  me  to  this  Indiana  preacher,  was  the  tenor 
of  his  first  prayer.  In  it,  he  showed  so  great  a  tenderness,  so 
large  a  knowledge,  so  wide  a  sympathy,  that  unwilling,  the 
tears  came  into  my  eyes,  and  I  know  that  other  eyes  than 
mine  were  wet  as  well. 

'Dear  God,'  said  he,  'let  me  understand  a  little  more 
of  the  Easter  joy.  We  all  know  the  agonies,  the  pains,  the 
despairs,  the  disappointments  of  the  Seventh  Day,  but  not 
enough  of  us  know  the  Easter  joy.  ' 

'Victory  in  the  finals,'  was  the  subject  of  Dr.  Hartley's 
sermon. 

Each  year,  after  the  birds  are  gone,  after  the  last  leaf 
has  fallen,  and  the  heart  of  every  brook  is  frozen;  after  the 
long  white  silence  of  the  snows,  the  heavens  make  a  new 
covenant  with  the  earth. 

Let  us  all  feel  the  Christ's  victory  in  ourselves  today  and 
for  all  our  time  to  come — as  a  tribute  to  this  Eastertide.  We 
must  all  suffer — many  most  unjustly — but  let  us  be  entered 
in  the  lists  for  the  finals.  One  can  do  nothing  greater  than 
strive  for  victory  of  a  Christ." 

April  26— Mr.  Albert  E.  DeRiemer  (B.),  succeeds  Mr.  Alfred 

Williams,^  resigned. 

Offertory— "Judge  Me  O  God"     -----     Buck 
Mr.  DeRiemer. 

Professor  M.  Bross  Thomas,  preacher.  Text,  "For  we  have 
not  followed  cunningly  devised  fables  *  *  *  but  were 
eye  witnesses."  (II  Peter  i:  10.)  Some  people  say  the 
whole  Bible  is  a  legend !  That  the  wonderful  stories  told 
in  the  Scriptures  are  myths!  fables! 

1  Mr.  Williams  is  now  (1913)  Musical  Director  of  the  Redpath  Lyceum  Bureau. 
Chicago. 


130  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

May  17— The  Rev.  F.  M.  Carson,  D.  D.,  preacher.  Subject, 
"Conscience  and  Remorse."  Text,  "And  herein  do  I  ex- 
ercise myself,  to  have  a  conscience  always  void  of  of- 
fense."    (Acts  xxiv:  16.) 

May  31— 

Anthem — "Rise,  Crowned  with  Light"  -  -  -  Otis 
The  Rev.  Benjamin  S.  Terry,  of  the  University  of  Chicago, 
preacher.  Text,  "In  the  beginning  was  the  Word."  (St. 
John  i:  1.)  In  this  and  the  following  verses,  the  Apostle 
sets  forth  the  personal  work  of  Christ.  Here  St.  John 
-  makes  his  editorial  bow. 

June  14— Children's  Day.  The  Rev.  Alexander  Patterson 
talked  to  the  Httle  folks,  on  the  subject,  "In  the  Garden." 
Three  elements  are  needed  to  make  a  garden:  "ground," 
"seed"  and  "care."  So  in  the  education  of  a  child,  three 
facts  must  be  considered :  heredity,  environment  and  de- 
velopment. 

The  Church  was  closed  during  the  month  of  August,  and 
for  the  first  two  Sundays  in  September;  opened  on  Septem- 
ber 20,  with  the  Rev.  Samuel  A.  Fiske,  of  Avon,  Ct., 
preacher;  and  on  September  27,  October  4  and  October 
11,  Prof.  Nathaniel  Butler,  preacher.  Mr,  Charles  D.  Irwin 
was  organist  during  the  absence  of  Mr.  Moore. 

Some  of  our  vacation  days  were  spent  in  England. 

October  11 — Sunday,  in  London;  a  heavy  rain  all  day.  We 
attended  morning  service  at  Westminster  Abbey,  where 
we  heard  Garrett's  Service  in  F,  and  for  the  anthem,  the 
quartette  from  "Elijah,"  "O  Come,  Every  One  that 
Thirsteth."  The  boys'  voices  were  particularly  good. 
Sir  Frederick  Bridge,  organist. 

October  18 — London;  morning  service  at  the  Inner  Temple. 
In  the  Chapel  of  this  ancient  building,  the  Crusaders 
were  wont  to  assemble  for  Divine  service,  before  going 
forth  to  the  Holy  Land.     Choir  of  boys  and  men. 

Anthem — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"      -       -        Mendelssohn. 

The  Church  was  filled  with  law  students  and  barristers. 
Dr.  E.  J.  Hopkins,  author  of  the  hymn,  "Saviour,  Again  to 
Thy  Dear  Name,"  has  been  organist  of  the  Temple  since 
1843. 

November  15 — Home  again. 

Anthem — "Thou  Visitest  the  Earth"  -       -  Barnby 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  131 

Prof.  Terry,  preacher.  Subject:  "The  Conversion  of  Cor- 
nelius." Text,  "There  was  a  certain  man  in  Caesarea 
called  Cornelius,"  (Acts  x:  1). 

December  17 — Death  of  Mr.  Frederick  Raymond  Otis  an- 
nounced. Mr.  Otis  was  born  in  Berlin,  Erie  County, 
Ohio,  February  10,  1S25.  His  early  years  were  divided 
between  the  hard  work  of  the  farm  and  attendance  at 
the  district  school.  Soon  after  becoming  of  age,  with 
his  brother  James,  he  founded  the  bank  of  Andrews  & 
Otis,  in  the  adjacent  town  of  Milan.  In  1849,  Frederick 
visited  the  new  city  on  the  lake,  called  "Chicago,"  mak- 
ing the  trip  by  horse  and  buggy,  and  arriving  in  Sep- 
tember of  that  year.  Here  he  visited  his  uncle,  Asahel 
Otis,  who  lived  on  a  dairy  farm  on  the  West  Side  of  the 
city,  near  Harrison  street  bridge.  From  this  time  on, 
Mr.  Otis  made  frequent  visits  to  Chicago,  constantly  in- 
vesting in  real  estate,  as  he  had  great  faith  in  the  future 
of  the  city.  His  investments,  like  those  of  his  three 
brothers,  were  in  central  business  property. 

Funeral  services,  on  Saturday,  December  19,  from 
his  late  residence,  2033  Prairie  avenue. 

Mr.  Otis  was  married,  December  25,  1848,  to  Eme- 
line  Tillinghast,  daughter  of  Oliver  Cromwell  Tillinghast, 
of  Berlin,  Ohio.  The  widow  and  six  children  survive 
him;  Mrs.  H.  H.  Deming,  Mrs.  Lucius  A.  Hine,  Mrs. 
William  G.  Sage,  Miss  Margaretta  E.  Otis,  Mr.  Charles 
Tillinghast  Otis,  Treasurer  (1912)  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  this  Church,  and  Mr.  Lucius  James  Otis,  Treas- 
urer (1913)  of  the  Diamond  Jubilee  Commemorative  Fund. 

December  27 — Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — "The  Pastoral  Symphony"  -       -       -  Bach 

Anthem~"Sing,  O  Daughter  of  Zion"        -       -         Gadsby 
Anthem — "Rejoice  in  the  Lord"  _       _       -  HoUins 

Anthem— "O  Sing  to  God"  -----         Gounod 

Violoncello  Solo — "Meditation"   -       -       -  Rousseau 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory — "Calm   on   the   List'ning   Ear  of   Night" 

_   ^  _       -       -       -       -       -       -       -      H.  \V.  Parker 

Sermon— Prof.   Benjamin  S.  Terry  of  the   University  of 

Chicago. 
Violin  Solo — "Meditation"    -       -       -       -      Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  (Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Maxon  (A.),  in  the  absence 
of  Mrs.  Dreier),  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric  Choral  Club 
(18  voices),  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (violin),  Mr.  Bruno 


132  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr. 
Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn)  and  Mrs.  Emma  W.  Bichl 
(harp).     Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

1904 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier 
(A.),  Mr.  Alfred  D.  Shaw  (T.),  Mr.  Albert  E.  DeRiemer 
(B.),  and  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

January  2 — Saturday,  Mr.  John  Kirk  Stearns  passed  away 
today  at  the  age  of  sixty-three.  He  was  born  in  Tolland, 
Conn.;  came  to  Chicago  in  1860.  Mr.  Stearns  was  agent 
.  of  the  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.,  and  had 
been  with  the  company  forty-three  years.  He  was 
received  into  membership  of  the  First  Church,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1866.  From  1869-1870,  he  was  Superintendent 
of  Railroad  Mission. 

January  27 — Wednesday  evening.  At  a  meeting  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  and  Society,  a  formal  call  was 
extended  to  the  Rev.  John  Archibald  Morison,  Ph.  D., 
of  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Canada,  to  become  the  Minister  of 
this  Church.  Messrs.  Samuel  Baker,  Ernest  A.  Hamill 
and  Philo  A.  Otis  were  appointed  a  committee  to  pros- 
ecute the  call. 

February  28— Mr.  Glenn  Hall  (T.)  assisted. 

Offertory — "I  Will  Mention"        _       _       _       _        Sullivan 

Postlude — "March  in  C"        _       -       _       _       -  Bossi 

Mr.  Moore. 

March  6 — Letter  of  acceptance  from  the  Rev.  John  A. 
Morison,  Ph.  D.,  read  from  the  pulpit  by  Prof.  Terry. 

Anthem — "God,  that  Madest  Earth  and  Heaven" 

---------  Chadwick 

Postlude — "Fugue  in  C  Minor"    -       -       -      H.  \V.  Parker. 
Mr.  Moore. 

March  20 — Mr.  Marion  Green  (B.),  in  the  absence  of  Mr. 
DeRiemer. 

Offertory — "The  Lord  is  my  Light"    -       -       -       -     Buck 
Mrs.  Dreier  and  Mr.  Green. 

Prof.  Terry  spoke  on  "College  Education." 

"If  you  cannot  trust  your  boy  at  home,"  said  the  preach- 
er; "if  he  cannot  look  you  straight  in  the  eye;  if  he  is  de- 
ceitful, don't  send  him  to  us,  thinking  that  we  can  make 
him  right.  Keep  him  at  home."  Of  the  men  now  in 
Congress,  forty-four  per  cent  are  college  graduates. 

March  23 — Wednesday  P.  M.  Funeral  services  of  Mr.  Charles 
Counselman,  who  died  at  Virginia  Hot  Springs,  Sunday, 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  133 

March  20,  were  held  at  his  late  residence,  50.35  Green- 
wood avenue,  conducted  by  the  Rev.  W.  Francis  Irwin, 
former  Minister  of  the  Fifth  Presbyterian  Church,  Chi- 
cago. The  grain,  stock  and  bond  house  of  Counselman 
&  Co.  in  Chicago  was  established  in  1871.  Mr.  Counsel- 
man  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  December  25,  1849; 
came  to  Chicago  in  1867.  He  married,  in  1875,  Jennie  E., 
daughter  of  the  late  Lucius  B.  Otis.  Mr.  Counselman 
was  instrumental  in  the  removal  (1882)  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  its  present  location.  The  Counselman  cottage, 
at  the  Chicago  Orphan  Asylum,  was  one  of  his  many 
benefactions.  He  was  received  into  the  membership  of 
the  First  Church  in  1868. 

April  3 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Melodie  Religieuse"    -       -       -       -  Dubois 

Flute  Solo,  Mr.  Quensel. 
Anthem — "Worthy  is  the  Lamb"         -       _       _         Barnett 
Anthem — "Now  is  Christ  Risen"  -       -      John  E.  West 

Anthem — "When  the  Sabbath  was  Past"  -       -  Foster 

Violoncello  Solo — "Meditation"  ("Thais")         -      Massenet 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory — -"In  Heavenly  Love  Abiding"  -      H.  W.  Parker 
Sermon — By  the  Minister  elect,  Rev.  John  Archibald  Mori- 
son,  Ph.  D. 
Violin  Solo — "Largo"     ------         Handel 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Postlude — "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"   -       -       -  Handel 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  (Mr.  Thomas  M.  Mendsen  (T.) 
in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Shaw)  by  the  Lyric  Choral  Club 
(19  voices),  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (violin),  Mr.  Bruno 
Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel,  (flute),  Mr. 
Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn),  Mr.  Joseph  Beckel 
(double  bass),  Mrs.  Emma  W.  Bichl  (harp).  Mr.  Philo 
Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

Beautiful   day;   a   large   audience   in   attendance.     The 
new  Minister  was  introduced  by  Elder  Henry  W.  Dudley. 

April  17 — Dr.  Morison  chose  for  his  subject,  "The  wonderful 
ladder  which  Jacob  saw  in  his  dreams."  Text,  "And  he 
dreamed,  and  behold  a  ladder,"  etc.    (Gen.  xxviii:  12.) 

April  24 — The  subject  of  the  Minister's  sermon  was  Paul's 
message  to  the  Galatians.     Text:  "And  let  us  not  be 
weary  in  well  doing."     (Gal.  vi:  9.) 
Offertory— "Like  as  the  Hart  Desireth"     -       -         AlHtsen. 
Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreier.' 

1  Mrs.  Christine  N.  Dreicr    (formerly  Miss  Christine  Niclson)    came  to  Chicago  in 
1885;  entered  the  Choir  of  the  First  Church.  January  1.  1886;    studied  with  Mrs.  Sara 


134  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Mrs.  Dreir  leaves  the  Choir  today  after  a  faithful  service 
of  eighteen  years;  succeeded  by  Miss  Helen  Hall;^  followed 
later  by  Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Maxon. 

April  28 — Thursday  evening;  installation  service  of  the  Rev. 
John  Archibald  Morison,   Ph.   D.,   as    eighth    Minister. 
The  Moderator  of  the  Presbytery,  the  Rev.  Augustus 
Stiles   Carrier,    D.    D.,   presided,   assisted   by   the   Rev, 
William  Robson  Notman,  D.  D.,  Minister  of  the  Fourth 
Presbyterian  Church,  the  Rev.  William  John  McCaughan, 
Minister  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  and  the  Rev. 
Cleland  Boyd  McAfee,  D.  D.,  Minister  of  the  Forty-first 
Street  Presbyterian  Church. 
Prelude — "Andante  in  D"     -----  Hollins 

Anthem — "Prepare  Ye  the  Way  of  the  Lord"  -  Garrett 

Evening  Hymn — "God,  That  Mades<-  Earth  and  Heaven" 
----------     Chadwick 

Anthem — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"     -       -        Mendelssohn 

Anthem — "Hearken  Unto  Me  My  People"         -        SulHvan 

Postlude — "Marche  Pontificale"  _        -       _      Tombelle 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  Choir  was  assisted  by  the  Choir  of  the  Forty-first  Street 
Presbyterian  Church;  Miss  Mary  P.  Thomson  (S.),  Miss 
Louise  Blish  (A.),  Mr.  George  A.  Brewster  (T.),  and  Mr. 
Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.),  pro-tem. 

May  15 — 

Offertory — "Judge  me,  O  God"   -----     Buck 
Mr.   Worthington. 

Mr.  Julian  M.  Worthington  (B.)  succeeds  Mr.  Albert  E. 
DeRiemer,  resigned. 

The  Minister's  sermon  was  in  reference  to  the  work  at  Rail- 
road Mission.  Text,  "But  ye  shall  receive  power." 
(Actsi:  8.) 

June  29 — Some  of  our  vacation  days  were  spent  in  Italy. 
This  (Wednesday)  being  a  fete  day,  we  heard  a  Mass  by 
Mancinelli  at  the  Church  of  Annunziata  in  Florence,  sung 
by  thirty  boys  and  fifteen  men,  with  the  unusual  ac- 
companiment of  four  double  basses,  four  'cellos  and  two 
organs.  The  large  organ,  in  the  nave  of  the  Church,  was 
used  only  in  the  fortissivio  passages  of  the  Mass.  The 
other  organ,  a  small  one,  was  in  the  choir,  back  of  the 
chancel,  with  the  singers  and  instruments.     After  the 

Hershey    Eddy  until  June,  1889,  when  she  went  to  London  and  studied  with  George 
Henschel,  returning  to  the  First  Church,  May  17,  1891.     She  is  now  (1913)  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Choir  of  St.  Paul's  Universalist  Church. 
1  Afterward,  Mrs.  Frederick  W.  Upham. 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  135 

service  I  met  the  conductor  and  he  explained  to  me  the 
choir  arrangements  and  the  band  parts.  The  use  of 
double  basses  and  'cellos  in  Church  music  is  confined  to 
the  Churches  of  Italy  and  France.  At  the  Church  of  St. 
Sulpice  in  Paris,  these  instruments  are  employed  with 
two  organs  at  every  Sunday  service. 

During  the  month  of  August,  and  until  the  second  Sunday 
in  September,  the  morning  services  in  the  First  Church 
were  omitted. 

September  4 — Home  again;  attended  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  evening.  Preacher,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Odell  of  Birmingham,  England.  Text,  "Ye  are  the  tem- 
ple of  the  living  God."  (II  Cor.  vi:  16  )  The  speaker 
referred  to  the  temples  at  Ephesus  and  Athens;  also  the 
Cathedrals  in  England.  Paul  was  partly  blind,  had  to 
be  led  about,  consequently  he  never  speaks  of  flowers  or 
fruit  in  his  Epistles. 

September  11 — 

Anthem — "O  come,  every  one  that  Thirsteth" 

---------        Mendelssohn 

(From  "EHjah.") 

Offertory — "If  with  all  your  Hearts"  -        Mendelssohn 

(From  "Elijah.") 

Mr.  Shaw. 

The  bulletin  records  the  death  of  Mr.  George  H.  Laflin 
at  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  July  24.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H. 
Laflin  were  admitted  as  members  of  the  First  Church,  Dec. 
26,  1864. 

October  2 — The  Rev.  John  Balcom  Shaw,  D.  D.,  begins  his 
work  as  Minister  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 
The  installation  services  took  place  Thursday  evening, 
October  27.  The  Rev.  Prof.  Augustus  S.  Carrier, 
D.  D.,  Moderator  of  the  Presbytery,  presided,  assisted 
by  the  Rev.  John  Archibald  Morison,  Ph.  D.,  the  Rev. 
J.  G.  K.  McClure,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  John  E.  Bushnell, 
D.  D.,  of  the  Westminster  Church,  Minneapolis,  and  the 
Rev.  Prof.  George  L.  Robinson,  Ph.  D. 

October  16 — Mrs.  W.  S.  Bracken  (A.),  succeeds  Mrs.  Sarah 
S.  Maxon. 

November  23 — Wednesday  evening.  Memorial  service  for 
former  Ministers: 

Founder— The  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  D.  D.  (1S33-1S35).  Died 
July  25,  1S93.     Remarks  by  Mr.  Henry  W.  Dudley. 


136  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

First  xMinister— The  Rev.  John  Blatchford,  D.  D.  (1837-1839). 
Died  April  8,  1855.     Remarks  by  Mr.  Philo  A.  Otis. 

Second  Minister— The  Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,  D.  D. (1840-1849) . 
Died  August  8,  1890.  Remarks  by  the  Rev.  John  Archi- 
bald Morison,  Ph.  D. 

Third  Minister— The  Rev.  Harvey  Curtis,  D.  D.  (1850-1858). 
Died  September  18,  1862.     Remarks  by  Mr.  E.  S.  Wells. 

Fourth  Minister— The  Rev.  Zephaniah  Moore  Humphrey, 
D.  D.  (1859-1868).  Died  November  13,  1881.  Remarks 
by  Prof.  Albert  McCalla. 

Fifth  Minister— The  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.  (1868-1880). 
Died  April  24,  1893.     Remarks  by  Mr.  Addison  Ballard. 

Sixth  Minister — The  Rev.  John  Henry  Barrows,  D.  D.  (1881- 
1896).  Died  June  3,  1902.  Remarks  by  Mr.  Charles 
Ailing,  Jr. 

Seventh  Minister — The  Rev.  William  John  Chichester,  D.  D. 

(1897-1903).     Died  March  23,   1903.     Remarks  by  Mr. 

H.  H  Munger. 

The  proceedings  of   this  service  afterward  appeared  in 
pamphlet  form,  by  order  of  the  Session. 

December  11 — 

Anthem — "Sing  Praises  Unto  the  Lord"    -       -         Gounod 

All  the  Choir  numbers  this  morning  were  from  the  works  of 
Charles  Gounod.  Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  words  in 
the  anthem,  "For  His  wrath  endureth  but  the  twinkling 
of  an  eye,  and  in  His  pleasure  is  life,"  etc.     (Ps.  xxx:  5.) 

December  25 — Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — "Andante  ReHgioso"     -       -       -       -  Thome 

With  solos  for  French  horn  and  flute. 
Anthem — "Angels  from  the  Realms  of  Glory"  Cowen 

Anthem — "It  Came  upon  the  Midnight  Clear" 

---------      H.  W.  Parker 

Anthem — "Hark,  Hark,  My  Soul"       -       -  Chadwick 

Violoncello  Solo — "Andante  Religioso"      -       -  Dubois 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory — "Calm  on  the  List'ning  Ear  of  Night" 

---------      H.  W.  Parker 

Christmas  Sermon — Rev.  John   Archibald   Morison,   Ph.   D. 
Violin  Solo — "Meditation"    -       -       -       -       Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "For  Unto  Us  a  Child  is  Born"        Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric  Choral  Club  (20 
voices) ;    Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Frederick  Stock 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  137 

(violins),    Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),   Mr.  Alfred 
Quensel    (flute).   Mr.  Leopold   de   Mare    (French   horn) 
Mr     Enrico   Tramonti    (harp),    Mr.    Joseph    Beckel   and 
Mr.    Louis   Klemm  (double  basses).     Mr.   Philo  Adams 
Otis,  choirmaster. 

1905 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  Mrs.  Willard  S. 
Bracken  (A.),  Mr.  Alfred  D.  Shaw  (T.),  Mr.  J.  M. 
Worthington    (B.)  and  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

January  8— Memorial    service    for    Mr.    Theodore    Thomas, 

conductor  of  the  Chicago   Orchestra,  who  died  January 

4.     All  the  Choir  numbers  from  Handel's  "Messiah. 

Recitative  and  Aria— "Comfort  Ye,  My  People"  and  "Every 

Valley." 

Mr.  Shaw. 

January  13— Friday;  funeral  service  of  Mr.  Charles  Davis- 
son  Hamill,  who  died  January  11,  were  held  m  the 
Church  at  12:30  P.  M.,  conducted  by  Dr.  Morison,  as- 
sisted by  the  brass  choir  of  the  Chicago  Orchestra,  under 
the  direction  of  Mr.  Stock. 

Organ  Prelude— "Dead  March"  ("Saul")  -       -  Handel 

^        ^,        ,  f  "A  Mighty  Fortress"       -       -  Luther 

Two  Chorales —  -^^  "prom  the  Ninth  Symphony"  Beethoven 

Brass  Choir. 

Organ   Postlude— "Funeral  March"  -       -    Beethoven 

Mr.  Moore. 

Appropriate  hymns  were  sung  by  the  Choir  of  the  Church. 
Five  sons  and  a  nephew  of  the  deceased  acted  as  pall- 
bearers—an impressive  sight.     Thirty  years  and  more  of  my 
life  have  been  associated  with  two  men  in  the  development 
of  music  in  Chicago,  Theodore  Thomas  and  Charles  D.  Ham- 
ill,  men  who  stood  for  the  highest  in  musical  art.     Mr.  Hamill 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Mendelssohn  Society  (1858- 
1865),  of  which  Mr.  A.  W.  Dohn  was  the    conductor.     My 
recollections  of  Mr.   Hamill  date  from  a  series  of  concerts 
given  by  Mr.  Thomas  in  Chicago  in  November,  1870,  in  Far- 
well  Hall.     The  concert  on  the  14th  of  November,  included 
the  Choral  Fantasie  of  Beethoven  for  piano  solo  (Miss  Meh- 
lig),  chorus  and  orchestra;  Mr.  Hamill  and  I  were  members 
of  the  chorus.     In   1877,   Mr.   Hamill  became  a  member  of 
the  Apollo  Musical  Club,  founded  in  1872,  and  in  the  season 
of    1886-87,   was   its   President.     He   was  chairman    of    the 
Music  Committee  in  the  May  Festivals  of  1882  and  1884,  of 


J38  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

which  Mr.  Thomas  was  conductor.  To  the  Chicago  Art  In- 
stitute he  also  gave  much  of  his  time  and  thought,  bemg 
one  of' its  founders  and  a  member  of  its  Board  of  Trustees, 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  Charter  Member  of  the  Orchestral 
Association,  organized  in  1891;  was  instrumental  in  bringing 
Mr  Thomas  to  Chicago,  as  conductor  of  the  Orchestra,  and 
was  a  member  of  its  Board  of  Trustees  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
During  his  last  illness,  Mr.  Hamill's  mind  constantly  dwelt  upon 
the  completion  of  Orchestra  Hall,  to  the  building  of  which  he 
had  devoted  much  effort  in  the  closing  year  of  his  life.  Mr. 
HamiU  was  born,  November  14,  1839,  in  Bloomington,  In- 
diana. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hamill  were  received  into  the  member- 
ship of  the  First  Church,  April  4,  1862. 

January  22— The  entire  musical  service  consisted  of  selec- 
tions  from    the    works    of    Mendelssohn.     Miss    Emma 
Rommeiss  (A.)  assisted. 
Response— "Lift  Thine  Eyes"  (From  "Elijah.") 

Mrs.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Bracken  and  Miss  Rommeiss. 
Offertory — "The  Sorrows  of  Death" 

(From  "The  Hymn  of  Praise.") 

Mr.  Shaw.  \ 

Postlude — "War  March  of  the  Priests" 
Mr.  Moore. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "And  the  Word  was  made 
flesh,"  etc.,  (St.  Johni:  14). 

February  7— Tuesday,  10:30  A.  M.  A  number  of  ladies  met 
in  the  Church  and  organized  the  Fort  Dearborn  Guild,  at 
the  suggestion  of  Dr.  Morison,  an  organization  open  to 
all  women  who  loved  the  traditions  of  the  Church  and 
who  were  interested  in  its  prosperity.  The  Guild  held 
public  meetings  at  various  times  during  the  winter,  with 
exercises,  consisting  of  music,  papers  on  popular  sub- 
jects, recitations,  etc. 

February  12— The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Grace  Ken- 
nicott  (S.),  Miss  Emma  Rommeiss  (A.),  Mr.  G.  M.  Hobbs 
(T.)  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.). 

Anthem — "Hearken  Unto  Me,  My  People"        -        Sullivan 
Anthem — "God,  That  Madest  Earth  and  Heaven"  Chad  wick 

February  19 — Memorial  service  for  Mrs.  Daniel  A.  Jones, 
whose  death  occurred  in  Pasadena,  Cal.,  February  10. 

Prelude— "Funeral  March"  -       -       -       -  Beethoven 

Chorale — Recitative  and  Chorus, 

"To  Thee,  O  Lord  I  Yield  My  Spirit" 

"Happy  and  Blest  are  They"        -       -        Mendelssohn 


MRS.   DANIEL  A.   JONES. 


PULPIT  A^'D  CHOIR.  139 

Aria — "I  Know  that  My  Redeemer  Liveth"      -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mrs.  Trimble. 

Offertory — "The  Sorrows  of  Death"   -       -        Mendelssohn 

(From  "The  Hymn  of  Praise.") 

Mr.  Shaw. 

Response — "Crossing  the  Bar"     -       -       -       -  P^rry 

Postlude — "Funeral  March"         _       _       -       -  Chopin 

Mr.  Moore. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "This  woman  was  full  of 
good  works  and  alms  deeds  which  she  did."  (Acts  ix: 
36.)  "Such  is  the  brief  record  of  the  hfe  of  one  who  was 
much  beloved  in  Hfe  and  deeply  lamented  in  death.  She 
made  the  widow  and  orphan  her  special  care.  The  root 
of  her  benevolence  was  her  Christian  discipleship.  *  *  * 
She  was  generous  toward  the  poor,  for  she  knew  'the 
grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  though  He  was  rich, 
yet  for  our  sakes.  He  became  poor,  that  we,  through  His 
poverty  might  become  rich.'  "  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  A. 
Jones  were  admitted  to  the  membership  of  Calvary 
Presbyterian  Church,  January  1,  1860.  Mr.  Jones  died 
January  11,  1886. 

Mrs.  Jones,  in  her  will,  gave  twenty  thousand  dollars  to  the 
Trustees  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  to  be  held  by 
them  and  their  successors  in  said  ofhce,  in  accordance 
with  the  following  proviso:  "If  changes  take  place  in 
said  Church  which  result  in  a  sale  or  other  disposition  of 
its  present  edifice,  the  Trustees  may  use  said  fund  as 
they  deem  for  the  best  interests  of  said  Church,  pro- 
vided, however,  that  they  shall  always  give  one  hun- 
dred dollars  a  year  to  the  Sessional  Fund,  and  shall 
always  maintain  a  Daniel  A.  Jones  family  pew.  If  a 
fund  shall  be  raised  to  commemorate  the  Seventy-Fifth 
Anniversary  of  the  founding  of  said  Church,  ten  thou- 
sand dollars  of  this  legacy  of  twenty  thousand  dollars 
shall  be  considered  as  my  contribution  to  said  fund." 

March  5 — Choir  assisted  by  Miss  Grace  Anderson  (S.),  Mrs. 
Sarah  S.  Maxon  (A.),  Mr.  G.  M.  Hobbs  (T.)  and  Mr. 
Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.),  to  continue  until  Easter  Day. 

March  19 — 

Anthem — "For  He  Shall  Give  His  Angels"         Mendelssohn 
(From  "Elijah.") 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  on  the  text,  "If  ye  then  be  risen  with 
Christ."     (Col.  iii:l.) 

April  23 — Easter  Celebration : 

Prelude— "Benedictus"  _       _       -       -  Mackenzie 

Anthem — "Lord,  Thou  Alone  art  God"      -        Mendelssohn 


140  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Anthem— "I  Shall  not  Die,  but  Live"        -      H.  W.  Parker 
Anthem — "When  the  Sabbath  was  Past"  -       -  Foster 

Violoncello  Solo— "Andante  ReUgioso"       -       -  Dubois 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory — "I  Know  that  My  Redeemer  Liveth"        Handel 

Mrs.  Trimble. 
Sermon — Rev.  John  Archibald  Morison,  Ph.  D. 
Violin  Solo— "Largo"     ------  Handel 

Mr.  Krauss. 
Organ  Postlude— "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"        -  Handel 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  of  eight  voices  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric 
Choral  Club  (15  voices),  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr. 
Frederick  Stock  (violins),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violon- 
cello), Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare 
(French  horn),  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph 
Beckel  and  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  (double  basses).  Mr. 
Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

May  14 — 

The  Minister  spoke  on  the  text,  "By  faith,  Abraham,  when 
he  was  called  to  go."     (Heb.  xi:  8.) 

May  15— Monday,   10:45  A.  M.     The  400th  Anniversary  of 
the  birth  of  John  Knox,  was  celebrated  in  this  Church. 
The  sermon  delivered  by  the  Rev.  William  J.  McCaughan 
of   the   Third    Presbyterian    Church.     The   service    was 
quite  unusual ;  a  feature  being  the  singing  without  the  aid 
of  Choir  and  organ,  but  led  by  the  Precentor,  the  Rev. 
Alexander  C.  Manson,  Ph.  D.,  as  in  the  days  of  the  great 
Scottish   Reformer.     The   Edinburgh  edition    (1565)   of 
the  Psalms  was  used.     The  third  verse  of  Psalm  cxxiii 
reads : 
"The  raging  streams,  moste  proude  in  roaring  noyce: 
Had  long  ago  overwhelmde  us  in  the  depe; 
But  loved  be  God,  which  doth  us  safely  kepe; 
From  bloodie  teeth  and  their  most  cruel  voyce. 
Quhilk  as  a  preye,  to  eat  us,  wolde  rejoyce." 

"John  Knox,"  said  Mr.  McCaughan,  "was  the  first  man 
in  Great  Britain  to  propose  a  system  of  general  education, 
and  had  it  not  been  for  the  greed  of  the  Scottish  nobility,  his 
system  would  have  been  started  forthwith.  He  proposed 
that  the  great  ecclesiastical  wealth  which  the  Church  had  ac- 
cumulated should  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts;  one  to 
maintain  the  ministry,  another  to  take  care  of  the  poor,  and 
the  third  to  educate  the  people.  *  *  *  The  plans  of  Knox 
undoubtedly  gave  shape  to  the  plans  of  Witherspoon,  when 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  141 

the  form  of  government  in  these  United  States  was  organized . 
He  knew  no  fear,  save  the  fear  of  God.  He  fought  every 
evil,  injustice  and  tyranny  and  denounced  the  iniquity  of 
men  to  their  faces." 

May  21— Mr.  G.  M.  Hobbs  (T.)  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson 
(B.),  assisting. 

Offertory — "For    my    Soul    Thirsteth    for    God"    ("42nd 
Psalm")    ---_-__        Mendelssohn 
Mrs.  Trimble. 
Anthem — "The  Lord  Hath  Commanded"  Mendelssohn 

For  soprano  solo  and  men's  voices. 

Sermon  by  Prof.  Benjamin  S.  Terry  of  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago. Text,  "And  I  saw  as  it  were  a  sea  of  glass." 
(Rev.  XV :  2.) 

June  4 — 

Offertory — "O  God,  Have  Mercy"       -       _       _  Calkin 

Mr.  Shaw  and  quartette. 

Postlude — "Allegro  from  Fifth  Sonata"      -       -  Merkel 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  sermon  by  Dr.  Morison  this  morning  on  the  subject, 
"My  Own  Religion,"  was  afterward  published  by  one  of 
the  members  of  the  Church  for  private  circulation. 

June  28 — Wednesday.  Death  announced  of  Mr.  Addison 
Ballard,  an  Elder  in  this  Church.  Mr.  Ballard  was  born 
November  30,  1823,  in  Salem,  Lebanon  County,  Ohio. 
He  visited  Chicago  in  1843;  came  here  to  reside  in  1853. 
In  the  autumn  of  1872,  the  building  committee  placed 
Mr.  Ballard  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  present 
edifice  of  the  First  Church,  and  through  his  efforts  the 
Church  was  completed  and  ready  for  the  Dedication 
Concert,  February  6,  1873.  He  was  an  active  worker  in 
Railroad  Mission.  For  many  years,  Mr.  Ballard  was 
alderman  from  the  second  ward, 

July  23— Mr.  Marion  Green  (B.)  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Worth- 
ington.  Preacher,  the  Rev.  James  Russell  of  Wolseley, 
Canada.  Text,  "Wherefore,  seeing  we  also  are  com- 
passed about  with  so  great  a  crowd  of  witnesses,"  etc. 
(HeJD.  xii:  1-2.)  Paul's  letters  abound  in  homely  illus- 
trations. These  verses  refer  to  the  Olympian  Games:  (1) 
the  race;  (2)  the  witnesses;  (3)  the  weights;  (4)  the  end 
of  the  race,  victory. 

July  30— 

Prelude — "Prelude  in  G  Minor"  -         -       -  Pierne 

Anthem — "Saviour,  Source  of  Every  Blessing"         -        Otis 


142  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

The  Rev.  James  Russell  occupied  the  pulpit  again  today. 
Text,  "I  am  the  vine."  (St.  John  xv:  5.)  Here  again 
we  have  homely  illustrations  by  an  Apostle.  The  way 
to  a  full  assurance  of  salvation  is  to  walk  with  God,  and 
be  fruitful  in  good  works.  In  the  Waldensian  valleys, 
the  vine  is  the  only  form  of  vegetation  that  will  thrive. 
When  the  fir  tree  was  first  introduced  into  Italy,  in  order 
that  the  young  tree  might  be  nourished,  the  peasants 
moistened  the  roots  with  wine. 

September  10 — Some  of  our  vacation  days  were  passed  at 
Lake  Mohonk,  New  York.  Divine  service  this  morning 
^  in  the  parlor  of  the  hotel  with  a  sermon  by  the  Rev. 
Theodore  L.  Cuyler,  D.  D.^  Text,  "Which  hope  we  have 
as  an  anchor  of  the  soul,"  etc.  (Hebrews  vi:  19.)  The 
sermon  abounded  in  happy  allusions  to  the  sailor  life; 
(1)  the  right  course;  (2)  the  correct  compass;  (3)  the 
sure  anchor.  The  venerable  preacher  referred  to  his  own 
life  of  more  than  eighty  years — fifty  years  spent  in  the 
Christian  ministry.  "My  life  voyage  is  about  ended. 
Soon  I  shall  hear  eight  bells.  I  see  the  Pilot  coming.  I 
see  the  harbor  lights.  The  saddest  thing  today  is  not 
the  obituary  lists  in  newspapers,  but  the  shipwrecked 
lives,  the  living  dead,  the  useless  hulks  strewn  along  the 
beach  of  life." 

October  8 — Home  again.     A  glorious  autumn  day. 

Motet — "Jesus,  Word  of  God  Incarnate"  -       -  Elgar 

Offertory— "Come,  Holy  Ghost"  -       -      H.  W.  Parker 

Mr.  Shaw. 
Postlude — "Grand  Chorus  in  A"  -       -       -  Salom^ 

Mr.   Moore. 

October  15 — 

Prelude — "Lamento"     -----        Gabriel-Marie 

Violoncello  solo,  Mr.  Paul  Schoessling. 
Offertory — "Heavenly  Light"       _       -       -       -  Gounod 

Mrs.  Trimble. 
With  accompaniment  for  violoncello  and  organ. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "And  they  shall  be  mine, 
saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts,  in  that  day,  when  I  make  up 
my  jewels."  (Malachi  iii:  17.)  Malachi,  the  saddest  of 
all  the  Prophets. 

October  29 — 

Offertory — "Father,  Most  Holy"  -       -      H.  W.  Parker 

Mrs.  Bracken. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "And  when  Jesus  saw  that 
he  answered  discreetly,  He  said  unto  him,  thou  art  not 

'Dr.  Cuyler  died  February  26,  1909,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  143 

far  from  the  Kingdom  of  God!"  (St.  Mark  xii:  34.) 
There  are  twelve  gates  to  the  New  Jerusalem  and  each 
may  enter  by  the  gate  nearest  to  him.  So  many  come 
near  but  will  not  enter, 

November  14-Tuesday.  Meeting  of  the  Fort  Dearborn 
Guild  in  the  Church  parlors  this  mornmg.  Subject, 
"The  Chicago  Fire."   Convener,  Mrs.  William  G.  Sage. 

DECEMBER  3-Choir  assisted  by  Miss  Amy  Leedi  (S.)  Mrs. 
Sarah  S.  Maxon  (A.),  Mr.  F.  S.  Russell  (T.)  and  Mr^ 
Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.),  to  continue  durmg  the  month 
of  December. 

Anthem— "Ye  Shall  go  out  with  Joy"        -       -         ,^^''"1^^ 

Anthem-"For  He  Shall  Give  His  Angels"  Mendelssohn 

(From  "Elijah.") 

Dr  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "My  peace  I  give  unto  you/' 

(St   John  xiv.  27.)     The  last  gift  of  the  Master  was  the 

"peace  I  give  unto  you,"  a  peace  the  world  cannot  take 

away. 

The  bulletin  announced  the  death,  on  November  26,  of  Mr. 

John  H.  Brown,  an  Elder  in  this  Church. 
December  4— At  the  Annual  Meeting,  held  this  Monday 
evening  Mr.  William  H.  Swift  announced  that  he  would 
make  his  home  for  the  future  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  and 
accordingly  tendered  his  resignation  as  President  and 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  This  will  be  a  great 
loss  to  the  Congregation.  Mr.  Swift  was  wise  in  counsel, 
held  sound  views  on  Church  finance  and  kept  in  close 
touch  with  every  activity  of  the  Society.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded on  the  Board  by  Mr.  S.  Leonard  Boyce. 
December  10— All  the  Choir  numbers  from  Mendelssohn's 
"Forty-second  Psalm." 

Postlude— "Prelude  and  Fugue  in  D  Minor"      Mendelssohn. 
Mr.   Moore. 

Dr    Morison  spoke  on  the  "Modern  motive  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions."    Text,  "For  the  love  of  Christ  constraineth  us. 
(II  Cor.  V.  14.) 

December  24— Christmas  Celebration: 

Prelude— "The  Pastoral  Symphony"  -       -  ^^^^\ 

Anthem— "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord'       -       -  Handel 

("The  Messiah.") 
Anthem— "It   Came    Upon   Uie    Midnight^ Cle^r'^^^    ^^^^^^ 

Anthe'm-'' Brightest  and  Best"  -       -       -      H.  W.  Parker 

Violoncello  Solo— "Adagio  Pathetique        -       -         Godard 

Mr.  Steindel. 


144  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Offertory— "Comfort  Ye"  and  "Every  Valley"  Handel 

Mr.  Shaw. 

Christmas  Sermon— Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  Ph.  D. 

Violin  Solo— "Meditation"    -       -       -       -      Bach-Gounod 

Organ  Postlude — "For  Unto  us  a  Child  is  Born"         Handel 

("The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  of  eight  voices  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric 
Choral  Club  (16  voices). 

The  orchestra :  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Frederick  Stock 
(violins),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  Alfred 
Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn),  Mr. 
Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph  Beckel  and  Mr. 
Louis  Klemm  (double  basses).  Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis, 
choirmaster. 


1906 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  (S.),  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken 
(A.),  Mr.  Alfred  D.  Shaw  (T.),  Mr.  Julian  M.  Worthing- 
ton  (B.),  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

January  16— Tuesday,  10:30  A.  M.  At  the  regular  monthly 
meeting  of  the  Fort  Dearborn  Guild,  held  in  the  Church 
parlors,  a  paper  was  read  by  Mrs.  William  E.  Kelley. 
Subject,  "Illuminated  Missals  and  Manuscripts."  Mrs. 
Kelley's  rare  collection  of  old  missals,  prints  and  em- 
broideries, was  exhibited.  Convener,  Mrs.  Charles  T, 
Atkinson. 

Mr.  Marshall  Field,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  this  Church,  (1875-1902)  died  today  at  the  Holland  House, 
New  York  City. 

January  19 — Friday  noon.  Funeral  of  Mr.  Marshall  Field, 
held  in  the  Church,  conducted  by  the  Rev.  John 
A.  Morison,  Ph.  D.  The  Choir  of  the  First  Church  was 
assisted  by  the  Choir  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church; 
Mrs.  Lucille  S.  Tewksbury  (S.),  Mrs.  Annie  R.  Thacker 
(A.),  Mr.  H.  A.  Mix  (T.)  and  Mr.  Arthur  Beresford  (B.). 

Prelude — "Funeral  March"  -----  Chopin 

Hymn — "Lead,  Kindly  Light"     _       _       -       -  Dykes 

Hymn — "One  Sweetly  Solemn  Thought"  -       -  Otis 

Postlude — "Dead  March"  (From  "Saul")  -       -  Handel 
Mr.   Moore. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "Know  ye  not  that  there  is 
a  prince  and  a  great  man  fallen  this  day."  (II  Samuel 
iii:38.) 


MARSHALL    FIELD. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  145 

January  21 — Memorial  service  for  Mr.  Field  held  in  the 
Church ; 

Prelude — "Funeral  March"  -----  Chopin 

Anthem— Chorale~"To   Thee,    O    Lord    I       1 

T,     •  .<A^''w/^Tv^f"^"  ..  Mendelssohn 

Recit. —      And  the  Witnesses 

Chorus —  "Happy  and  Blest"  J 

(From  "St.  Paul") 

Response — "Crossing  the  Bar"     -       -       -       -  Parry 

Offertory — "The  Sorrows  of  Death"    -       -         Mendelssohn 

(From  "The  Hymn  of  Praise.") 

Mr.  Shaw. 

Anthem — "I  Waited  for  the  Lord"      -       -        Mendelssohn 

(From  "The  Hymn  of  Praise.") 

Mrs.  Trimble,  Miss  Leech  and  chorus. 

Postlude — "Dead  March"  ("Saul")     -       -       -  Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

Dr.  Morison  in  his  sermon,  text:  "A  time  to  weep"  (Eccl. 
iii:  4),  said:  "Whether  as  members  of  this  Church,  which 
for  long  years  was  the  spiritual  home  of  Marshall  Field, 
or  citizens  of  this  mighty  city  of  Chicago,  with  all  today, 
there  is  one  thought  that  is  uppermost  in  mind  and 
heart — Marshall  Field  is  dead. 

"The  pulpit  of  this  Church,  in  which  for  so  many  years 
Marshall  Field  worshipped,  and  whose  interest  as  a  Trus- 
tee he  so  long  promoted,  may  not  be  silent  at  this  time 
with  regard  to  his  Hfe.  Yet,  how  difficult  it  is  to  speak. 
We  gather  as  it  were  in  the  darkness,  beside  the  mar- 
gin of  that  vast  mysterious  sea  over  which  his  spirit  has 
gone.  With  us  is  the  darkness  and  the  sense  of  loss — 
the  sagacious  man,  the  captain  of  industry,  the  gener- 
ous philanthropist,  the  loyal  and  distinguished  friend, 
has  gone  to  return  no  more." 

Mr.  Field  was  born  at  Conway,  Mass.,  August  18,  1835; 
came  to  Chicago  in  1856. 

January  28 — 

Anthem — "Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel"  -         Barnby 
Anthem — "Turn  Thy  Face  From  My  Sins" 

--------       Sidney  Thompson 

Offertory — "The  Lost  Chord"         -       -       -       -       Sulhvan 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  on  "The  Individuality  of  the  Soul." 
Text:  "For  the  mountains  shall  depart"  (Isaiah  liv: 
10.)     The  everlasting  hills  are  emblems  of  eternity. 


146  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

February  4 — Dr.  Morison  spoke  on  "The  Varied  Vicissi- 
tudes of  Life."  Text,  "In  the  day  of  prosperity  be  joy- 
ful, but  in  the  day  of  adversity  consider."  (Eccl.  vii: 
14.)  Prosperity  and  adversity  were  favorite  themes  with 
the  old  writers.  Read  the  stories  of  Joseph,  David  and 
Nebuchadnezzar — "sweet  are  the  uses  of  adversity." 

February  11 — 

Anthem — "I  Will  Sing  of  Thy  Power"  -       -     SuUivan 

Offertory — "Prayer"  __-_--  Chadwick 

Dr.  Morison's  subject  was  "Prayer."  Text:  "But  thou 
when  thou  prayest,"  etc.  (St.  Matt.  vi:6.)  If  God  is 
all  powerful  why  the  need  for  prayers?  The  great  pur- 
pose in  prayer  is  not  to  get  something,  not  to  get  our 
wants  supplied,  but  to  keep  up  communication  with 
God. 

February  25— Mr.  F.  S.  Russell  (T.)  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  At- 
kinson (B.)  assisted. 

Anthem — "Hearken  Unto  Me,  My  People"        -        Sullivan 

Anthem — "The  Lord  Hath  Commanded"  Mendelssohn 

Soprano  solo  with  men's  voices. 

("Forty-second  Psalm.") 

Offertory — "While  We  Have  Time"    -       -      H.  W.  Parker 

The  Minister  spoke  on  Home  Missions  and  furnished  some 
startling  figures  as  to  the  population  of  Chicago  today; 
forty  languages  spoken;  ten  foreign  newspapers  printed; 
27,000  children  in  one  ward,  of  whom  7,000  were  arrested 
in  one  year  for  crime;  Chicago,  the  largest  Polish  city  in 
the  world  next  to  Warsaw — 250,000  Poles;  we  have 
750,000  Roman  Catholics;  1,000,000  people  do  not  go 
to  Church  at  all. 

March  11— Mr.  Forest  D.  Carr  (B.),  Mr.  J.  M.  Worthington,* 
resigned. 

Offertory — "It  Is  Enough"  (From  "Elijah")      Mendelssohn 
Mr.  Carr. 

Preacher,  the  Rev.  A.  W.  Halsey,  D.  D.  Subject,  "Foreign 
Missions."  Five  years  after  the  Boxer  rising  in  China, 
there  were  50,000  converts  to  Christianity.  In  the  first 
28  years  of  mission  work  in  China,  there  were  only  two 
converts.     In  1860  only  1,000. 

'  Mr.  Worthington  is  a  member  of  the  Imperial  Quartette;  since  1910,  member 
of  the  Choir  of  Christ  Reformed  Episcopal  Church. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  147 

March  13— Tuesday,  10:30  A.  M.  At  the  meeting  of  the 
Fort  Dearborn  Guild  in  the  Church  parlors,  the  subject 
for  discussion  was  "Music."  Paper  by  Mr.  Philo  A. 
Otis,  "Personal  Experiences  in  Church  and  Choir  Work. 
Mrs 'Theodore  Thomas  read  a  paper  on  "The  Orchestral 
Association."  Piano  solos  by  Miss  Edna  Peterson.  Con- 
vener, Miss  Whitehead. 

April  1— Mr.  Marion  Green  (B.).  The  regular  Choir  assist- 
ed by  Miss  Amy  Leech  (S.),  Miss  Emma  Rommeiss 
(A.),  Mr.  Frank  T.  Johnson  (T.)  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  At- 
kinson (B.). 

The  Minister's  subject  was,  "Inspiration  in  Life  and  Work." 
Text,  "Spring  up,  O  well;  sing  ye  unto  it."  (Numbers 
xxi:  17.)  The  daily  round  of  Hfe  is  often  a  hard,  weary 
task,  like  drawing  water  from  a  well. 

April  15— Easter  Celebration:  A  cold,  raw  day,  but  a  great 
audience  in  attendance. 

Prelude~"Hymne  d  Sainte  Cecile"     -       -       -         Gounod 
Anthem— "When  the  Sabbath  was  Past"  -       -  Foster 

Anthem— "Hark,  Hark  My  Soul"        -       -  Chadwick 

Anthem— "I  Shall  not  Die,  but  Live"        -      H.  W    Parker 
Violoncello  Solo— "Romance"      -       -       -       -        Sokolow 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory— Recit.— "And    God     Said,   'Let     the      ] 

Earth'  "     _       -       -       -         \  Haydn 
Aria —    "With  Verdure  Clad"  -       -        J 
(From  "The  Creation.") 
Mrs.  Trimble. 
Violin  Solo— "Largo"     ------  Handel 

Mr.  Krauss. 
Organ  Postlude— "And  With  His  Stripes" 
(From  "The  Messiah.") 
Mr.  Moore. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "But  if  there  be  no  resur- 
rection of  the  dead,  then  is  Christ  not  risen."  (I  Cor. 
XV :  13.) 

The  regular  Choir  of  eight  voices  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric 
Choral  Club  (16  voices). 

The  orchestra:  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Frederick 
Stock  (violins),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr. 
Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French 
horn),  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph  Beckel 
and  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  (double  basses).  Mr.  Philo  Adams 
Otis,  choirmaster. 

The  offering  for  the  Presbyterian  Hospital— $2,400. 


Handel 


148  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Our  vacation  days  were  passed  in  Spain  and  the  south 
of  France. 

May  21 — Monday,  at  Cordova,  Spain.  Fete  day.  Attended 
Mass  at  the  Cathedral,  formerly  a  mosque,  built  by  the 
Moors  in  756.  This  great  mosque,  with  its  1,200  columns, 
the  glory  of  Cordova,  was  much  impaired  in  1523,  by 
Bishop  Alonzo  Manrique,  who  built  chapels  around  the 
inner  walls  and  removed  sixty  columns  to  make  room  for 
the  choir.  This  brought  forth  the  stern  rebuke  from  the 
Emperor,  Charles  V,  "You  have  built  here  what  you  or 
anyone  might  have  built  anywhere  else,  but  you  have 
^  destroyed  what  was  unique  in  the  world."  As  we  en- 
tered the  Church,  the  Choir  (boys  and  men)  were  going 
from  the  Sacristy  to  the  altar  for  the  celebration  of  the 
Mass.  The  processional  was  led  by  two  priests  playing 
bassoons  of  antique  form,  in  order  to  keep  the  singers  in 
pitch  with  the  organ.  The  Choir,  in  their  gorgeous  vest- 
ments, winding  in  and  out  through  the  forest  of  columns, 
the  singing,  the  deep  toned  organ — all  suggested  a  picture 
of  the  time  of  Charles  V. 

June  10 — Biarritz,  France.  Attended  morning  service  in  the 
English  Church,  a  pretty  gothic  edifice,  with  a  monument 
in  the  vestibule  to  the  English  officers  who  died  in  the 
battles  hereabout  (1813-1814).  The  Minister,  a  pale, 
careworn  man,  discouraged  looking,  had  for  his  theme, 
"A  Useless  Life."  We  thought  of  this  good  man  and  his 
family,  working  for  a  pittance,  and  the  scores  of  people 
who  come  and  go  to  his  Church,  leading  "useless  lives" 
and  spending  vast  sums  of  money. 

June  17 — Aries,  France.  Morning  service  at  St.  Trophime 
where  we  heard  the  famous  chimes  which  suggested  to 
the  composer,  Bizet,  the  theme  for  the  "Carillon"  in  his 
orchestral  suite  "I'Arlesienne." 

September  16 — Chicago.  The  Bulletin  of  July  15  announced 
the  death  on  July  11  of  Mrs.  William  L.  Grey,  an  old 
member  of  this  Church. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  McClure  of  McCormick  Theological  Seminary,  oc- 
cupied the  pulpit  July  22  and  29.  During  August 
and  the  first  two  Sabbaths  in  September,  the  morning 
service  was  omitted.  Some  needed  improvements  have 
been  made  in  the  organ;  all  the  pipes  have  been  taken 
out  and  thoroughly  cleaned;  the  low  or  international 
pitch  has  been  installed;  a  new  soft  stop,  the  Aeoline, 
has  been  added  to  the  swell  organ;  a  new  combination 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  149 

pedal  to  the  choir  organ;  the  action  has  been  repaired 
and  the  whole  organ  tuned. 

Dr.  Morison,  having  returned  from  his  vacation,  spoke  this 
morning  on  the  text,  "For  I  am  not  ashamed."  (Ro- 
mans i:  16.) 

October  9 — Tuesday,  10:30  A.  M.  Regular  monthly  meet- 
ing of  the  Fort  Dearborn  Guild  was  held  in  the  Church 
parlors.  Subject,  "Music."  Miss  Tina  Mae  Haines  read 
a  paper  on  "The  Seven  Stages  of  Music."  Convener, 
Miss  Grace  Chamberlain. 

October  21 — Services  in  connection  with  the  unveiling  of  a 
tablet  placed  in  this  Church  "in  loving  memory  of  the 
Rev.  John  Blatchford,  D.  D.,  and  of  Frances  Wickes, 
his  wife,"  by  their  sons,  Mr.  Eliphalet  W.  Blatchford,  Mr. 
John  S.  Blatchford  and  Mr.  Nathaniel  H.  Blatchford. 

Prelude  — "Sonatina  in  E  Flat"  -       -       -       -  Bach 

Anthem — "Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel"  Barnby 

Anthem — "The  Lord  Hath  Commanded"  Mendelssohn 

(From  "Forty-second  Psalm.") 
Soprano  solo  and  men's  voices. 
Offertory — "List!  The  Cherubic  Host"        -       -  Gaul 

The  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  Ph.  D. 
The  unveihng  of  the  tablet,  by  Mr.  Paul  Blatchford,  grand- 
son of  Dr.  Blatchford. 
Anthem — Aria —       "O  Rest  in  the  Lord"        } 

Mrs.  Bracken.  I  ivt      j   i       i 

Chorus-  "He  That  Shall  Endure    f  Mendelssohn 
to  the  End"  J 

(From  "Ehjah.") 
Postlude — "Fugue  in  C  Minor"    -       -       -       -  Bach 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Amy  L.  Northrup 
(S.),  Mrs.  Emma  R.  Campbell  (A.),  Mr.  Frank  T.  John- 
son (T.)  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.). 

The  inscription  on  the  tablet  reads : 

To  THE  Glory  of  God  and  Loving  Memory  of  the 

Reverend  John  Blatchford,  D.  D., 

1799-1855 

The  First  Installed  Pastor  of  this  Church, 

July  1,  1837-August  18,  1839 

A  Consecrated  Man,  Charitable  in  Spirit,   Winning  in 

Address,  Loyal  in  Friendship;  as  a  Preacher, 

Eloquent,  Persuasive,  Evangelistic. 

His  Work  Abides; 

AND  OF  His  Beloved  Wife, 

Frances  Wickes  Blatchford, 

1805-1875, 

This  Tablet  is  Erected  by  Their  Grateful  Sons, 

October,  1906. 


150  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

"Today,  after  a  lapse  of  68  years  of  marvelous  change  in 
the  complexion  of  this  Church  and  city,"  said  Dr.  Morison, 
"we  are  thinking  of  that  faithful  servant  of  God,  the  Rev. 
John  Blatchford,  the  first  Minister  of  this  Church."  Chicago 
in  1833  consisted  of  a  "trading  village  and  a  military  post 
with  rows  of  log  cabins  and  three  frame  stores,  along  the  line 
of  a  single  street  at  the  mouth  of  a  river  that  crept  over  a 
sand-bar  to  reach  Lake  Michigan;  300  people,  including  two 
companies  of  soldiers  at  the  fort,  comprised  the  entire  popu- 
lation." Among  the  historical  incidents  mentioned  by  Dr. 
Morison,  was  one  of  particular  interest  to  the  old  settlers  and 
their  descendants  who  filled  the  Church,  "the  last  Indian  war 
dance  on  the  town  site,  enacted  by  800  Pottawatomie  Indians 
in  1835,  outside  the  door  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church". 

The  closing  of  the  service  was  almost  dramatic.  Mr. 
Fernando  Jones,  one  of  the  few  members  of  Dr.  Blatchford's 
Congregation  still  living,  was  in  the  audience.  Dr.  Morison, 
in  closing  the  service,  asked  Mr.  Jones  to  come  to  the  plat- 
form that  all  might  see  him. 

"Big  John  Blatchford,  as  we  all  knew  him  in  the  early 
days,"  said  Mr.  Jones,  his  voice  trembling,  "w^asn't  only  a 
preacher,  he  was  a  big  brother  to  us  all — a  statesman  and  an 
orator,  who  swayed  his  hearers  by  his  eloquence  and  fellow 
feeling. 

"There  were  three  Johns  among  us  then — 'Big  John' 
Blatchford,  'Long  John'  Wentworth,  and  'Little  John' 
Haynes.  The  last  two  named  were  pioneer  mayors  of  Chi- 
cago." 

November  11 — Dr.  Morison  chose  for  his  text,  "Quench  not 
the  Spirit,"  (IThess.  v.  19).  If  nations  are  to  be  saved 
and  the  world  lifted  from  degradation,  it  can  be  done 
only  by  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God,  operating  through  the 
lives  of  His  people. 

November  18 — A  series  of  Special  Musical  Services  com- 
menced, to  continue  through  the  winter  months.  The 
regular  Choir  wdll  be  assisted  by  Mrs.  Amy  L.  Northrup 
(S.),  Mrs.  Emma  R.  Campbell  (A.),  Mr.  H.  A.  Keesler 
(T.),  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.).  Mr.  Alexander 
Krauss  (violin)  assisted  in  this  morning's  service. 

Prelude — "Elevation  in  E"  -       -       -       -       -  Thome 

Violin  solo,  Mr.  Krauss. 

Anthem — "Ye  Shall  go  out  with  Joy"        -       -         Barnby 

Offertory — "O  Saviour,  Hear  Me"       _       -       _  Gluck 

Mr.  Shaw,  with  violin  obligato  by  Mr.  Krauss. 

November  29 — Thursday,  10:30  A.  M.  Union  Thanksgiving 
Service  of  the  Plymouth  Congregational,  Wabash  Avenue 


PULPIT  AS-D  CHOIR.  l^^ 

M.  E.,  Trinity  M.  E.,  and  Immanuel  Baptist  Churches, 
held  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 
Prelude— "Sonata  in  F  Minor"  -       -        Mendelssohn 

Anthem— "Ye  Shall  go  out  with  Joy"        -       -         Barnby 
Anthem—"!  Will  Mention"  -       -       -       -        bulhvan 

Offertory— "Judge  me,  O  God"   -       -       -       -  l^"ck 

Mr.  Holmquist. 
The  Sermon — Rev.  Louis  F.  W.  Leseman,  Trinity  M.  E. 

Church. 
Anthem— "Sing  Praises  to  God"  -       -       -        \a''^^"S 

Postlude— "Concerto  in  G"  -       -       -       -  Handel 

The   Choir:   Mrs.    Pennington    Haughey   and    Mrs.    Cornelia 

Delafontaine,    sopranos;    Miss    Byrde    Fisher    and    Mrs. 

Emma  R.  Campbell,  altos;  Mr.  Alfred  D.  Shaw  and  Mr. 

H.  A.  Keesler,  tenors;  Mr.  Gustave  Holmquist  and  Mr. 

Charles  T.  Atkinson,  basses;  Mr.  Wilhelm  ]\Iiddelschulte, 

(O.).     Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 
December  2— Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (violin)  and  Mr.  Enrico 

Tramonti  (harp),  assisted. 

Prelude— "The  130th  Psalm"       _       -       -       -        Gounod 
Violin,  harp  and  organ. 

Anthem— "Sing  Praises  to  God"  _       -       -        Wareing 

With  violin  obligato. 

Offertory— "Be  Ye  All  of  One  Mind"  -       -        Godfrey 

Accompanied  by  vioHn,  harp  and  organ. 

Organ  Postlude — "Prelude  and  Fugue  in  D  Minor"       Bach 

The  sermon  by  the  Minister  was  based  on  thoughts  suggested 
by  the  words  of  the  anthem,  "Be  ye  all  of  one  mind." 
(I  Peter  iii:  8-12.) 

December  16— The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel 
(oboe  and  English  horn),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  ('cello)  and 
Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp). 
Prelude— "Romance"     -----  Saint-Saens 

Oboe,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Advent  Anthem— "O  Saving  Victim"         -       -         Gounod 
English  horn  Solo— "Nocturne"  -       -  Fontbonne 

Offertory— "Heavenly  Light"       _       -       -       -         Gounod 
Mrs.  Trimble. 
Accompanied  bv  oboe,  'cello,  harp  and  organ. 
Solo  for  oboe — "Melod'ie  Religieuse"  -       -  Dubois 

Mr.  Barthel,  accompanied  by  'cello,  harp  and  organ. 
Organ  Postlude — "Toccata  in  D  Minor"     -       -  Bach 

Mr.   Moore. 

December  22— Saturday  afternoon.  Funeral  services  of  Mr. 
Elisha  Paxton  Whitehead,  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Deacons  of  this  Church,  held  from  the  family  residence, 
1932  Calumet  avenue,  conducted  by  Dr.  Morison.  Mr. 
Marion  Green  (B.)  sang  a  lew  hymns.  Mr.  Whitehead 
died  December  20,  1900. 


152  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

December  23— Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — "The  Shepherds  and  the  Magi"  -       -     Rousseau 

With  solos  for  English  horn  and  violin. 
Anthem — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"     -       -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 
Anthem— "Say,  Where  is  He  Born"  -       -        Mendelssohn 
Anthem— "Brightest  and  Best"  -       -       -      H.  W.  Parker 
Violoncello  Solo — "Intermezzo"  ("First  Suite")  Pierne 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory— Recitative— "Behold,  a  Virgin  Shall      "j 

Conceive"         _       _       _       -       -         I  jj^^j^j^j 
Aria    and    chorus — "O    Thou    That         | 
Tellest"     ------        J 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 
Mrs.  Bracken. 
The  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 
Violin  Solo— "Meditation"    -       -       -       -       Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 
Organ  Postlude — "For  Unto  us  a  Child  Is  Born"        Handel 
(From  "The  Messiah.") 
Mr.  Moore.  - 

The  regular  Choir  of  eight  voices  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric 
Choral  Club  (19  voices). 

The  orchestra;  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Frederick 
Stock  (violins),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr. 
Joseph  Beckel  and  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  (double  basses),  Mr. 
Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French 
horn),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and  English  horn),  Mr. 
Enrico  Tramonti  (harp).  Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choir- 
master. 

December  30 — The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel 
(oboe  and  English  horn),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violon- 
cello) and  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp). 

Prelude — "Reverie"        _-_---  Ganne 

For  oboe,  'cello,  harp  and  organ. 
Christmas  Anthem — "Calm  on  the  List'ning  Ear  of  Night" 
---------      H.  W.  Parker 

Solo  for  oboe — "Christmas  Night"      -       -       -       Hugenin 

Mr.  Barthel,  accompanied  by  harp. 

Offertory — "Nazareth"  _       -       _       -       -         Gounod 

Accompanied  by  oboe,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 

Mr.  Green. 

The  Sermon— Rev.  James  G.  K.  McClure,  D.  D.,   Subject:  "The 

Joy  and  ResponsibiHty  of  the  Knowledge  of  Christ's  Birth." 

Violoncello  Solo — "Berceuse"       -       -       -       -         Godard 

Accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 
Mr.  Steindel. 
Organ  Postlude — "Offertory  on  Two  Christmas  Hymns" 

----------     Guilmant 

Mr.  Moore. 


MRS.  CLARA  (',.  TRIMBLE 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  153 


1907 


The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  and  Mrs.  Amy  L.  Northrup, 
sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Brackeri  and  Mrs.  Emma  R. 
Campbell,  altos;  Mr.  Alfred  D.  Shaw  and  Mr.  Frank  T. 
Johnson,  tenors;  Mr.  Marion  Green  and  Mr.  Charles  T. 
Atkinson,  basses;  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.).  Mr.  Philo 
Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

January  20 — Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp)  assisted. 

Prelude — "Andante  con  moto"    -       -       -       -       Schubert 

Harp  and  organ. 
Anthem--"For  His  is  the  Sea"    -       -       -        Mendelssohn 

(From  "The  95th  Psalm.") 

Anthem— "No  Evil  Shall  Befall  Thee"       -       -  Costa 

(From  "EH.") 

For  women's  voices,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

The  Minister  spoke  on  "Temptation."  Text,  "When  I  would 
do  good,  evil  is  present  with  me."     (Romans  vii:21.) 

January  27 — Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (vioHn),  Mr.  Leopold  de 
Mare  (French  horn),  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp). 
Prelude — "Meditation!  Hosanna"        -       -         Louis  Deffes 
Anthem — "Calm  on  the  List'ning  Ear  of  Night" 

___-_----      H.  W.  Parker 
Accompanied  by  vioHn,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 
Offertory — "Forever  with  the  Lord"  -       -       -         Gounod 
Mrs.   Bracken,  accompanied  by  violin,   French  horn,   harp 

and  organ.  ^ 

Horn  Solo— "Andante  Pastorale"        -       -  Paul  Vidal 

Mr.  de  Mar6. 

February  17 — 

Prelude — "Ave  Verum  Corpus"  -       -       -       -  Mozart 

VioHn,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 

Anthem— "Be  Ye  All  of  One  Mind"   -       -       -        Godfrey 

Accompanied  by  violin,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 

Preacher,  Rev.  E.  M.  Wherry  of  Lodiana,  India,  spoke  of  his 
many  years  of  missionary  work  in  India. 

February  24 — 

Prelude — "Invocation"  _       _       -       _       -  Ganne 

Violin,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Charity"       -       -       -       "      .".      ~  Rossini 

Women's  vioces,  accompanied  by  violin,  French  horn, 
harp  and  organ. 
Offertory — "The  Lord  is  my  Light"    -       -       -         Allitsen 
Mr.  Green,  accompanied  by  vioUn,  French  horn,  harp 
and  organ. 

March  3 — Communion.  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp)  assist- 
ed the  Choir. 

Prelude — "Pastorale  in  A"   -       -       -       -       -     Guilmant 
Harp  and  organ. 


154  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Harp  Solo— "Andante  Religiose"        -       -  Hasselmans 

Mr.  Tramonti. 
Offertory— "Christ,  When  a  Child"     -       -      Tschaikowsky 

March  17— Memorial  Service  for  Mrs.  Frederick  Raymond 
Otis,  whose  death  occurred  March  8,  1907.  Mr.  Alfred 
Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  ('cello),  Mr.  Enrico 
Tramonti  (harp)  assisted  in  this  service. 

Prelude — "Meditation"  _       _       _       -       -  Ganne 

For  flute,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Blessed  Jesus,  Fount  of  Mercy"       -         Dvorak 
Violoncello  Solo— "Melodie"         _       _       -  Charpentier 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Accompanied  by  flute,  harp  and  organ. 
Offertory — "O  Lamb  of  God"       -       -       -       -         Gounod 
Sermon — Rev.  John  Archibald  Morison,  Ph.  D. 
Anthem — "The  Twenty-third  Psalm"         -       -       Schubert 

For  women's  voices. 

Organ  Postlude — "Funeral  March"     -       -       -  Chopin 

Mr.  Moore. 

Emeline  Tillinghast,  daughter  of  Oliver  Cromwell  Tilling- 
hast,  was  born  May  19,  1828,  in  Berlin,  Erie  County,  Ohio, 
and  was  married  to  Mr.  Otis,  December  27,  1848.  The  family 
came  to  Chicago  in  1869.  On  November  4,  1870,  Mrs.  Otis 
was  received  by  letter  from  the  Congregational  Church  of 
Berlin,  Ohio,  into  the  membership  of  the  Calvary  Pres- 
byterian Church.  For  twenty-five  years  Mrs.  Otis  had  been 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Old  People's 
Home. 

March  24 — Palm  Sunday.  Special  musical  service.  Mr. 
Marc  Lagen  (T.)  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Shaw. 

The  orchestra:  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  INIr.  Frederick 
Stock  (violins),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr. 
Joseph  Beckel  and  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  (double  basses) , 
Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French 
horn) ,  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and  English  horn) ,  Mr. 
Enrico  Tramonti  (harp). 

Prelude — "Hymne  a  Sainte  Cecile"     -       _       -         Gounod 

Anthem — "Brightest  and  Best"  -       -       -      H.  W.  Parker 

Solo  for  English  horn — "Largo"   ("New  World  Symphony") 

----------         Dvorak 

Mr.  Barthel. 
Anthem — "O  Sav-ing  Victim"       _       _       _       _         Gounod 

The  Sermon — Rev.  John  Archibald  Morison,  Ph.  D. 
Anthem — "See  now  the  Altar,  Garlanded  with  Flowers" 
---------  Faure-Buck 

Organ  Postlude — "Allegro  Moderato"  from  "Second  So- 
nata"      ---_____     Guilmant 

Mr.  Moore. 


CARYL   YOUNG. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  155 

The  funeral  services  of  Mr.  Caryl  Young  were  held  at 
2:00  P.M.,  from  his  late  residence,  4723  Woodlawn  avenue, 
conducted  by  Dr.  Morison,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Imperial 
Quartette.  In  the  passing  of  Mr.  Young,  the  First  Church 
loses  an  earnest,  faithful  friend,  one  who  was  devoted,  heart 
and  soul,  to  its  interests.  Mr,  Young  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  December  2,  1895,  which  ofhce  he 
held  until  his  death.  Mr.  Young  was  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  Chicago  Orphan  Asylum.  He  was  born 
December  13,  1836,  in  Schenectady,  N.  Y.;  came  to  Chicago 
in  1857;  died  March  22,  1907. 

March  31 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Melodic  Religieuse"     -       -       -       -  Dubois 

Anthem — "Lord!  Thou  Alone  Art  God"  (from  "St.  Paul.") 
---------         Mendelssohn 

Anthem — "I  Shall  not  Die,  but  Live"        -      H.  \V.  Parker 
Soprano  Solo — Recitative,     "And     God     said:     'Let     the 
Earth'  ")  (from  "The  Creation")      Haydn 
Aria,  "With  Verdure  Clad" 
Mrs.  Trimble. 
Violoncello  Solo — "Intermezzo"  -       -       -       -  Pierne 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Anthem — Recitative,  "And  God  Created  Man"  Haydn 

Aria,  "In  Native  Worth" 
Mr.  Lagen. 
Duet,  "By  Thee  with  Bhss" 

Mrs.  Trimble  and  Mr.  Green. 
Chorus,  "Forever  Blessed  be  His  Power" 
(From  "The  Creation.") 
The  Sermon — Rev.  John  Archibald  Morison,  Ph.  D. 
VioHn  Solo — "Largo"     ---___  Handel 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"        -       -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  of  eight  voices  (Mr.  Marc  Lagen  (T.)  in  the 
absence  of  Mr.  Shaw)  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric  Choral 
Club  (18  voices). 

The  orchestra:  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Frederick 
Stock  (violins),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr. 
Joseph  Beckel  and  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  (double  basses) , 
Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and 
English  horn),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn),  Mr. 
Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph  Zettelmann  (kettle- 
drums, Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.).  Mr.  Philo  Adams 
Otis,  choirmaster. 

April  7 — The  regular  Choir  only. 


156  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Anthem — "I  am  He  that  Uveth"        -       -  OHver  King 

Offertory — "My  Hope  is  in  the  Everlasting"     -  Stainer 

Mr.  Shaw. 

The  Rev.  Hugh  Black,  preacher.  "The  day  of  the  Lord  is  a 
proverb  with  the  Prophets.  Isaiah  was  a  patriot.  No 
patriotism  like  that  of  the  Prophets.  They  were  lovers 
of  Israel.  With  them  Jerusalem  was  the  Holy  City,  as 
well  as  the  seat  of  government." 

April  28— 

Prelude — "Adagio"  ("Fifth  Symphony")  -  Saint-Saens 

Anthem — "O  Send  out  Thy  Light"     -       -       -  Calkin 

Anthem — "I  Will  Mention"  _       _       _       _        Sullivan 

Offertory — "While  we  have  Time"      -       -      H.  W.  Parker 
Anthem — "The  Lord  Hath  Commanded"  Mendelssohn 

(From  "Forty-second  Psalm.") 
For  soprano  solo  and  men's  voices. 

The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mr.  Frank  T.  Johnson  (T.)  and  Mr. 
Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.). 

The  Minister  chose  for  his  text,  "Today  shalt  thou  be  with 
Me  in  Paradise."     (St.  Luke  xxiii:  43.) 

May  5 — 

Anthem — "And  Suddenly  there  Came"      -    Henry  J.  Wood 
Mr.  Green  and  quartette. 

Preacher,  Rev.  Dr.  Dickey,  of  the  American  Chapel  in  Berlin. 
Text,  "And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up  from  the  earth,  will  draw 
all  men  unto  Me."      (St.  John  xii:  32.) 

May  10 — Friday  evening,  7:45  P.  M.  Fiftieth  Anniversary 
of  Railroad  Mission,  under  the  auspices  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church.  The  exercises  consisted  of  addresses 
by  the  Rev.  Albert  McCalla,  the  Rev.  John  Archibald 
Morison,  D.  D.,  the  Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton  and  the 
Rev.  Sherman  L.  Devine. 

June  3 — Monday,  10:30  A.  M.  Presbytery  met  in  this 
Church  to  receive  the  resignation  of  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Mc- 
Caughan,^  Minister  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church, 
Chicago,  (October,  1898-June,  1909),  who  has  accepted 
a  call  to  the  May  Street  Presbyterian  Church  of  Belfast, 
Ireland. 

Some  of  our  vacation  days  were  passed  at  the  James- 
town, Va.,  Exposition. 

June  23 — Richmond,  Va.  Morning  service  at  St.  Paul's 
Episcopal  Church,  at  which  President  Jefferson  Davis 

'  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCaughan  were  seriously  injured  July  26,  1910,  while  escaping 
from  a  burning  hotel  at  Belfast.  Both  died  soon  after;  Mr.  McCaughan,  July  31,  and 
his  wife,  August  1 1 . 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  157 

was  a  regular  attendant  in  war-times.  On  a  Sunday 
evening  in  April,  1SG5,  Mr.  Davis  was  in  his  customary 
place  at  Church  when  a  message  from  General  Lee  was 
brought  to  him,  that  Richmond  must  be  evacuated  that 
night. 

In  the  afternoon,  to  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which 

the   Rev.   Arthur  Mitchell,   D.  D.,  was  Minister   (1859- 

18G1). 

The  Church  remained  open  during  the  summer  months 
with  regular  Sunday  morning  preaching  services;  the  Rev. 
Edgar  P.  Hill,  D.  D.,  occupied  the  pulpit  July  14,  21  and  28. 

The  Rev.  J.  G.  K.  McClure,  D.  D.,  August  4,  (subject, 
"Renewing  Strength,")  11,  18  and  September  1,  (subject, 
"Voices  and  Visions"). 

The  Rev.  E.  V.  Newcomb,  D.  D.,  of  Keokuk,  Iowa, 
August  25. 

Dr.  Morison  returned  from  his  summer  vacation,  occu- 
pying the  pulpit  on  September  8. 

October  13 — 

Prelude — "Suite   Gothique" — "Chorale"    and    "Minuet   Goth- 


ique 


Boellraann 


Anthem — "Sing  to  the  Lord  of  Harvest"  -       -  Barnby 

Anthem — "O  Come,  Every  One  That  Thirsteth" 

---------        Mendelssohn 

(From  "Elijah.") 
Postlude — "Toccata"     -----  Boellmann 

Mr.   Moore. 

October  20— Preacher,  the  Rev.  Edgar  P.  Hill,  D.  D.  Sub- 
ject, "Home  Missions."  Text,  "Alas!  that  great  City 
Babylon."  (Rev.  xviii:  10.)  Henrich  Heine  wrote  (100 
years  ago)  of  his  experiences  on  his  first  visit  to  London. 
Thomas  Carlyle  was  much  impressed  with  the  crowds  in 
the  streets  of  London;  Paul  has  given  us  his  thoughts 
on  a  visit  to  Athens;  five  million  foreigners  came  to 
America  in  the  last  six  years;  every  fourth  man  on  the 
Island  of  Manhattan  is  a  Jew. 

November  24 — A  series  of  Special  Musical  Services  com- 
menced, to  continue  until  Easter,  April  19,  1908;  the 
additional  cost  being  borne  by  a  few  men  and  women  of 
the  Congregation.  The  regular  Choir  will  be  assisted  by 
Mrs.  Amy  L.  Northrup  (S.),  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  (A.), 
Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden  (T.)  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.). 
Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp)  will  take  part  in  every 
service  with  one  or  more  of  the  following  instrumental 


158  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

players:     Mr.    Alexander    Krauss    (violin),    Mr.    Bruno 
Steindel  ('cello),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred 
Barthel   (oboe  and  English  horn)  and  Mr.  Leopold  de 
Mare  (French  horn). 
Prelude — "The  Sleep  of  the  Infant  Jesus"         -  Busser 

VioHn,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "Sing  Praises  to  God"  -       _       -        Wareing 

Anthem— "O  Gladsome  Light"    -       -       -       -        SulHvan 
Offertory — "The  Sovereignty  of  God"        -       -         AUitsen 

Mr.  Graham  Smith. 

Violin  Solo— "Berceuse"       -----  Dubois 

Accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "Festival  March"     -       -  Claussman 

Mr.  Moore. 

December  l — 

Prelude — "Elegie"  -----  Boisdeflfre 

Flute,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem  for  Advent — "Blessed  Jesus"         -       -         Dvorak 
Violoncello  Solo — "Melodie"         _       -       -  Charpentier 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Accompanied  by  flute,  harp  and  organ. 
Offertory — "O  Lamb  of  God"      -       -       _       -         Gounod 
Anthem — "The  Twenty-third  Psalm"         -       -      Schubert 

For  women's    voices. 

Organ  Postlude — "Overture  to  "The  Messiah"  Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

December  8 — Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (violin)  and  Mr,  Leo- 
pold de  Mare  (French  horn)  assisted. 

Prelude — "Melodie  Religieuse"    -       -       -       -  Sandre 

For  violin,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Great  is  Jehovah"       -       _       _       -       Schubert 
Anthem — "Say,  Watchman,  What  of  the  Night"      Sullivan 
Offertory — "In  Dreams  I've  Heard  the  Seraphs  Fair" 

----------  Faure 

Mrs.  Trimble. 

Accompanied  by  violin,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 

Organ  Postlude — "March  in  C"   -       -       -       -  Bossi 

Mr.  Moore. 

December  10 — Tuesday,  10:30  A.  M.  The  regular  meeting 
of  the  Fort  Dearborn  Guild  was  held  in  the  Church  par- 
lors. Reading  by  Mrs.  Burton  Hanson  and  songs|by 
Miss  Lulu  Chilson.  Conveners,  Miss  Elizabeth  Baker 
and  Miss  C.  B.  Neeley. 

December  22 — Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  (violin),  Mr.  Bruno 
Steindel  ('cello),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and  English 
horn),  Mr.  Joseph  Beckel  and  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  (double 
basses),  and  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp)  assisted. 

Prelude — "Melodie  Religieuse"     -       -       -       -  Dubois 

Oboe  solo,  Mr.  Barthel. 
Anthem — "O'er  the  Distant  Mountains  Breaking"  -       Otis 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  159 

Christmas  Carol — "The  Angels  and  the  Shepherds" 

----------  Reidel 

Eight  voices  unaccompanied. 
Offertory — "Nazareth"  _____         Gounod 

Mrs.  Bracken. 
The  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D.    Text,  "And 

Thou  Bethlehem"  (St.  Matt,  ii:  6). 
Duo  for  Violin  and  Oboe — "Meditation"    -       -  Dubois 

Messrs.  Krauss  and  Barthel. 

Organ  Postlude — "Marche  Religieuse"       -       -     Guilmant 

Mr.  Moore. 

December  29 — Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — "The  Pastoral  Symphony"  -       -  Bach 

Anthem — "Say,  Where  is  He  Born"  (From  "Christus") 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Cantata — "The  Shepherd's  Vision"     -       -      H.  W.  Parker 
Violoncello  Solo — "Meditation-Priere"        -       -  Dubois 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory — "Comfort  Ye,  My  People"  -       -  Handel 

"Every  Valley  Shall  be  Exalted" 
(From  "The  Messiah.") 
Mr.  Shaw. 
Christmas  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 
Violin  Solo — "Meditation"    -       -       _       -       Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  the  Lyric  Choral  Club  (15 
voices) . 

The  orchestra:  Mr,  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Frederick 
Stock  (violins),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr. 
Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and 
English  horn),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn),  Mr. 
Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph  Zettelmann  (kettle- 
drums), Mr.  Joseph  BeckeP  and  Mr.  Louis  Klemm 
(double  basses) .     Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

1908 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  and  Mrs.  Amy  Leech  North- 
rup,  sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken  and  Mrs.  James  C. 
Ames,  altos;  Mr.  Alfred  D.  Shaw  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden, 
tenors;  Mr.  Graham  Smith  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson, 
basses.  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.).  Mr.  Philo  Adams 
Otis,  choirmaster. 

January  19 — The  following  men  of  the  Congregation  acted  as 
a  Reception  Committee  during  the  winter  months: 

'  Mr.  Joseph  Beckel,  principal  bass  and  a  faithful  member  of  the  Thomas  Orches- 
tra, since  its  organization  in  1891,  died  in  Chicago,  April  4,  1908. 


160  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Col.  Charles  Alling,  Jr.,  Chairman 

Mr.  William  Sumner  Smith  Mr.  Earl  C.  Greenman 

Mr.  J.  A.  Mitchell  Mr.  Henry  C.  Davis 

Mr.  Walter  B.  Smith  Mr.  Bradford  Wells 

Mr.  F.  E.  May  Mr.  Henry  W.  Dudley 

Mr.  Alfred  E.  Hamill  Mr.  Augustus  H.  Downs 

Mr.  Albert  J.  Little  Mr.  Wm.  A.  Magie 

Mr.  Edward  J.  Dykstra  (B.),  Mr.  Smith,  resigned. 

Prelude — "Andante  con  moto"    -       -       -       -      Schubert 

Harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Sing,  O  Heavens"       -       -       -       _  Tours 

Harp  Solo — "Melodic"  ------         Gounod 

Mr.  Tramonti. 

Offertory — "Fear  Ye  not,  O  Israel"    -       -       -  Buck 

Mr.  Dykstra. 

February  2 — Mr.  Wilhelm  Middleschulte^  (O.)  in  the  absence 
of  Mr.  Moore.  Mr.  William  Beard  (B.),  Mr.  Dykstra, 
resigned. 

Prelude — "Adagio"  from  Trio,  Op.  5  -       -  Foote 

Harp  and  organ. 

Offertory — "Like  as  the  Hart  Desireth"     -       -         AUitsen 

Mr.  Beard. 

Accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

Chritsmas  Song — "Under  the  Silent  Stars"        -         Coombs 

For  women's  voices,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

February  16 — We  celebrated  today  in  this  Church,  the  an- 
niversary of  the  capture  of  Fort  Donelson,  February  16, 
1862,  forty-six  years  ago.  The  surviving  members  of 
Taylor's  Battery,  who  took  part  in  the  battle,  wor- 
shipped with  us  this  morning.  Taylor's  Battery  was 
organized  in  Chicago  in  the  spring  of  1861.  Five  days 
prior  to  their  departure  for  the  front,  on  Sunday  morning. 
May  28,  1861,  the  men  attended  Divine  w^orship  in  the 
First  Church,  then  on  Wabash  avenue  at  Congress  street, 
and  were  addressed  by  the  Minister,  the  Rev.  Z.  M. 
Humphrey,  D,  D, 

Prelude — "Ave  Varum  Corpus"   -       -       -       -  Mozart 

Violin,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 

Anthem — "A  Mighty  Fortress  is  our  God"         -  Luther 

Anthem — "Souls  of  the  Righteous"     -       -       -  Noble 

Accompanied  by  organ  and  drums. 

Offertory — "Land  of  Hope  and  Glory"       -       -  Elgar 


1  Mr.  Wilhelm  Middelschulte,  organist  and  composer,  came  to  Chicago  in  1S91  . 
He  has  filled  positions  at  the  Cathedral  of  the  Holy  Name,  People's  Church  and  Uni- 
versity Congregational  Church.  In  recent  years  he  has  been  with  the  St.  James  Ro- 
man Catholic  Church.  His  principal  works  are  for  orchestra  and  organ;  "Passacag- 
lia,"  "Toccata"  and  "Concerto  on  a  Theme  from  Bach,"  and  were  written  for  the 
Chicago  Orchestra,  of  which  he  is  the  organist. 


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Anthem — "The  American  Hymn"       _       -       -  Keller 

Organ  Postlude— "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  Buck 

Mr.   Moore. 

A  patriotic  address— Dr.  Morison.  Text,  "But  the  people 
that  do  know  their  God  shall  be  strong,  and  do  ex- 
ploits."    (Daniel  xi:  32.) 

March  8 — 

Anthem— "Sweet  the  Moments"  _       -       -        Godfrey- 

Accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 
Evening  Hymn — "Shades  of  Eve  are  Falhng"  Buck 

For  women's  voices,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

Postlude — "Toccata  and  Fugue  in  D  Minor"         -         Bach 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  Rev.  H.  G.  Underwood,  preacher,  for  many  years  a  mis- 
sionary in  Korea. 

March  15 — 

Anthem— "The  Love  of  God"      -       -       -       -  Foster 

Accompanied  by  violin,  harp  and  organ. 
Harp  Solo— "Romance"         _       _       -       -  Rubinstein 

Mr.  Tramonti. 

Offertory — "Henceforth,  When  Ye  Hear"  Mendelssohn 

(From  "The  Ninety-fifth  Psalm.") 

Mr.  Shaw  and  chorus,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

March  24 — Tuesday,  8  P.  M.  Stereopticon  lecture  on  "Japan" 
by  Mr.  Tracy  C.  Drake,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Men's 
League.  Two  hundred  beautifully  colored  pictures  were 
shown. 

March  29 — Lenten  Service: 

Prelude — "Romance"     -----  Saint-Saens 

Oboe,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "O  Saving  Victim"       -       -       -       -         Gounod 

Passion  Music — Aria,  "Our  God,  the  Heavenly  Circle  Filling" 
____------  Handel 

Mrs.  Trimble. 
Chorus,    "With   Jesus   I   will    Watch   and 
Pray"        -----  Bach 

Mr.   Shaw  and  chorus,   accompanied  by  oboe,    violoncello, 

harp  and  organ. 
Offertory— "There  is  a  Green  Hill"     -       -       -         Gounod 
Duo  for   EngUsh   horn   and   'cello — "Simple   Confession" 

____------  Thome 

Messrs.    Steindel   and    Barthel,    accompanied    by   harp   and 
organ. 

April  12— The  Choir  was  assisted  by  ^lessrs.  Krauss  (violin), 
Steindel  ('cello),  Barthel  (oboe  and  English  horn), 
Klemm  and  Parbs  (double  basses),  and  Tramonti  (harp). 

Prelude— "Meditation"  -----  Dubois 

Messrs.  Krauss  and  Barthel. 
Anthem — "O'er  the  Distant  Mountains  Breaking"  Otis 


162  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Anthem— "Land  of  Hope  and  Glory"         -       -  Elgar 

Offertory-— "Nazareth"  -----         Gounod 

Anthem— "Palm  Branches"  _       -       _         Faure-Buck 

Mr.  Beard  and  chorus. 

Organ  Postlude— "Marche  Pontificale"      -       -     Lemmens 

Mr.  Moore. 

April  19 — Easter  Celebration : 

Prelude — "An  Easter  Meditation"       -       -     Carolus-Duran 
Anthem — "As  it  Began  to  Dawn"       -       -       -  Foster 

Anthem — "Behold,  Ye  Despisers"       -       -      H.  W.  Parker 
Anthem — "Lord!  Thou  Alone  Art  God"  (From  "St. Paul.") 
---------        Mendelssohn 

Easter  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  Ph.  D. 

Violoncello  Solo — "Meditation-Pri6re"        -       -  Dubois 

Mr.  Steindel. 

Offertory — "I  Know  That  My  Redeemer  Liveth"       Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mrs.  Trimble. 

Violin  Solo— "Largo"    ------  Handel 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"       -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  of  eight  voices  (Mr.  Edward  J.  Walker  (T.) 
in  place  of  Mr.  Alfred  D.  Shaw*,  resigned)  was  assisted 
.  by  the  Lyric  Choral  Club  (14  voices). 

The  orchestra:  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Frederick 
Stock  (violins),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr. 
Louis  Klemm  and  Mr.  Hans  Parbs  (double  basses),  Mr. 
Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and 
English  horn),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn), 
Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph  Zettlemann 
(kettle-drums).     Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

Mr.  Frederick  Stock,  who  has  taken  part  for  some  years 
past  in  our  Christmas  and  Easter  Celebrations,  came  from 
Cologne  in  1894,  as  a  member  (viola)  of  the  Chicago  Orches- 
tra. On  the  death  of  Mr.  Thomas,  January  4,  1905,  Mr. 
Stock  was  elected  conductor. 

The  large  Choir  with  the  instrumental  players,  was  dis- 
continued today,  to  be  resumed  in  the  autumn. 

May  31— 

Offertory — "How  Vain  is  Man"   -       -       -       -  Handel 

Mr.  Walker. 
Anthem — "Toil  and  Rest"    -----  Otis 


1  Mr.  Shaw,  on  leaving  Chicago,  went  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.;  thence  to  the  Central  Congregational  Church  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  later  to 
the  West  End  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York  City.  He  is  now  (1913)  with  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York  City. 


R(  iHUKT    M     WHI-US. 


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July  5 — 

Prelude — "Vorspiel"  ("Lohengrin")    -       -       -         Wagner 
Anthem — "Thou  Visitest  the  Earth"  -       -  Barnby 

Mr.  Albert  Borroff  (B.)  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Beard. 

The  bulletin  announced  the  death  on  June  26th,  of  Mr. 

Raymond   Chapin   Wells,   son   of  Mr.   and   Mrs.   Robert   M. 

Wells  ^ 

Preaching  services  were  maintained  during  the  summer 

months. 

July  19— The  Rev.  A.  C.  Manson,  D.  D.,  Chicago. 

July  26 — Prof.  Nathaniel  Butler  of  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago. 

August  2  to  30— The  Rev.  A.  B.  Marshall,  D.  D.,  of  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

September  6 — Prof.  Nathaniel  Butler  of  the  University    of 
Chicago.     During    August,    services    were    held    in    the 
lecture    room   in   order   that  repairs  might  be  made  in 
the  main  audience  room. 
The  bulletin  of  August  30,   announced    the    death    on 

August  25  of  Mrs.  W.    B,    Jenks,    mother    of    Miss  Jessica 

Jenks  and    Mr.    John    G.    Jenks.     Mrs.    Jenks    was   an    old 

member  of  the  Church  and  greatly  interested  in  mission  and 

benevolent  work. 

Dr.  Morison  resumed  his  work  on  September  13. 

September  27— Mr.  Albert  DeRiemer  (B.)  in  the  absence  of 
Mr.  Beard.  Choir  assisted  today  by  Miss  Piralda  Boedisch 
(S.)  and  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  (A.). 

October  4— Mr.  Adair  Hickman  (T.)  in  place  of  Mr.  Edward 
J.  Walker  (resigned). 

Offertory— "Today,  if    Ye  Will  Hear  His  Voice"    -  Rogers 
Mr.  Hickman. 

October  18 — Bulletin  announced  the  death  of  Mr.  Stephen  A. 
Douglas,  October  8,  1908.  Mr.  Douglas  was  the  son  of 
Judge  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  Democratic  candidate  for 
President  of  the  United  States  in  1860,  who  was  defeated 
by  Abraham  Lincoln.  Mr.  Douglas,  the  younger,  was 
for  many  years  an  earnest,  faithful  worker  at  Railroad 
Chapel. 


1  Mr.  Robert  M.  Wells  was  born  August  30,  1848,  in  Connecticut:  came  to  Chi- 
cago when  a  lad;  member  of  hardware  firm  of  Wells  &  Nellegar;  later  Vice-President  of 
Bankers'  National  Bank;  for  many  years  an  active  worker  in  the  First  Church;  died 
Septembers,  1913,  in  Chicago. 


Ig4  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

November  15— Special  Musical  Services  similar  to  those  of 
the  preceding  winter,  with  large  Choir  and  instrumental 
players,  were  resumed  today.  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G. 
Trimble  and  Mrs.  Amy  L.  Northrup,  sopranos;  Mrs.  W. 
S  Bracken  and  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames,  altos;  Mr.  Adair 
Hickman  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  tenors;  Mr.  WilUam 
Beard  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  basses. 
Prelude— "Priere  in  F"  -----      Guilmant 

Harp  and  organ. 
Offertory— "Henceforth,    When    Ye    Hear    His   Voice" 

_-       _       _       -       -       -       -       -        Mendelssohn 
Mr.  Hickman  and  chorus,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

November  26— Thursday,  11:00  A.  M.,  Union  Thanksgiving 
Service;  Central  Immanuel  Baptist,  Trinity  M.  E.,  Wa- 
bash avenue  M.  E.,  Armour  Mission,  Doremus  Congre- 
gational, Plymouth  Congregational  and  the  First  Presby- 
terian Churches,  held  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 

The  Choir:  Miss  Delia  Henney  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  McGlashan, 
sopranos;  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  and  Miss  Borglgot  Aalrud, 
altos;  Mr.  Adair  Hickman  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  tenors; 
Mr.  Gustave  Holmquist  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson, 
basses. 
Offertory — "Sing  to  the  Lord  of  Harvest"         -  Barnby 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  A.  Milburn,  Minister  of  Plymouth 
Congregational  Church. 
Solo — "The  Lord  is  my  Light"    -       -       -       -         Allitsen 

Mr.  Holmquist. 

Postlude — "Harvest  Thanksgiving  March"        -  Calkin 

Mr.  Moore. 

November  29 — 

Prelude — "A  Russian  Hymn"      _       -       -       -  Glinka 

Flute,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "Still,  Still  With  Thee"       -       -       -  Foote 

Accompanied  by  flute,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 

Solo  for  viola — "Morning  Hymn"        -  Richard  Strauss 

Mr.  Esser,  accompanied  by  flute,  harp  and  organ. 

A  letter  was  issued  December  2,  by  Dr.  Morison  and  the 
Session  to  members  of  the  Church,  regarding  the  approaching 
Diamond  Jubilee: 

"Doubtless  it  is  well  known  by  all  our  members  that  our 
beloved  First  Church,  in  the  Providence  of  God,  completed 
its  seventy-five  years  of  active  Church  work  in  June,  last,  and 
that  we  are  about  to  celebrate  its  Diamond  Jubilee. 

"The  Session  extends  its  affectionate  greetings  and  wishes 
all  members  might  be  present  with  us  during  the  coming 
week  and  share  in  the  joys  and  festivities  of  the  occasion. 


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165 


"That  our  Church  may  continue  its  influence  and  work 
with  ever  increasing  power,  the  Session  has  proposed  that  a 
Diamond  Jubilee  Commemorative  Fund  be  raised  and 
placed  in  the  hands  of  a  representative  committee;  the  fund 
so  raised  to  be  held  in  trust  by  said  committee  the  uses  and 
disposition  of  said  fund  to  be  determined  upon  by  the  Session 
of  the  Church." 

John  Archibald  Morison,  Ph.  D.,  Minister. 
Charles  Alling,  Jr.  James  M.  Emery 

Charles  E.  Baker  James  W.  Janney 

Samuel  Baker  George  S.  Matheson 

Hamilton  Borden  Philo  A.  Otis 

S.  Leonard  Boyce  Josiah  W  .  Perine 

Henry  W.  Dudley  Henry  H.  Hunger,  Clerk. 

Seventy-Fifth  Anniversary 

(Diamond  Jubilee) 

1833-1908. 

December  Sixth,  Eighth,  Ninth,  Tenth, 

Nineteen  Hundred  and  Eight. 

December  6 — 

Prelude-"Meditation"  -       "  ^  "       "     Carolus-Duran 

Solo  for  oboe,  Mr.  Barthel. 
Chorale— "A  Mighty  Fortress  is  our  God"  -  Luther 

OfficialCongratulations-Hon.  Winfield  P.  Dunn,  Alderman 
•^5th  Ward,  on  behalf  of  the  City  of  Chicago. 
Major  General  Edward  C.  Young,    I.  N.  G    /epresent- 
ing  Governor  Charles  S.  Deneen,  on  behalf  of  the 
State  of  Illinois.  . 

Anthem— "The  Glories  of  the  Messiah"      -       -       -       Utis 
The  Sermon-Historical.  Text:  "Thy  servants  take  pleasure 
in  her  stones."    (Psalm  cii:  14.)       Rev.  John  Archibald 
Morison,  D.  D. 
Offertory— "Land  of  Hope  and  Glory"       -       -  ^Igar 

Organ  Postlude— "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  Buck 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Amy  Leech  Northrup 
and  Miss  Lillian  White,  sopranos;  Mrs.Willard  S.  Bracken, 
Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  and  Miss  Margaret  Blood,  altos; 
Mr  Adair  Hickman  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  tenors;  Mr. 
William  Beard  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  basses. 

The  Orchestra :  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Richard  Seidel 
(violins),  Mr.  Franz  H.  Esser  and  Mr.  George  Dasch 
(violas)  Mr.  Joseph  Zettelmann  (kettle-drums) ,  Mr.  Altred 
Barthel'  (oboe  and  EngUsh  horn) ,  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare 
(French  horn) ,  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  and  ^Ir.  Hans  Parbs 
(double  basses),  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp).  Mr. 
Francis  S  Moore  (O.).  Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 


166  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

The  presence  at  this  service  of  Company  A,  First  Regi- 
ment, I.  N.  G.,  seemed  fitting,  as  the  Church  was  founded 
amid  military  surroundings. 

Jubilee  Celebration  by  the  Home  Sunday-school 

12:15  P.  M. 

Col.  Charles  Ailing,  Jr.,  Superintendent. 

Addresses  on  the  history  of  the  school  by  Mrs.  Charles  T. 

Atkinson  and  Mr.  Henry  M.  Curtis. 

Jubilee  Celebration  at  Railroad  Mission 

3:00  P.M. 

Col.  James  M.  Emery,  Superintendent. 

Addresses:     "Historical    Data    of    Railroad    Mission,"    Mr. 

Henry  M.  Curtis. 

"Early  Days  of  the  Mission,"  Mr.  N.  D.  Pratt. 

"Old  Time  Superintendents,"  Mr.  H.  M.  Bacon. 

Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor 
6.30  P.  M. 
Short  addresses  by  the  State  and  City  Presidents  of  the 
Society  and  by  Charter  Members. 

The  Celebration  of  the  Lord's  Supper 

7:45  P.  M. 

Prelude — "Air  in  D"      ______  Bach 

Anthem — "Festival  Gloria  in  Excelsis  in  D"     -  Buck 

By  the  regular  Choir. 
Anthem — "The  King  of  Love  my  Shepherd  is"  Shelley 

Offertory — "My  Redeemer  and  my  Lord"  -  Buck 

Mrs.  Trimble. 
The  Sermon — "The  Catholicity  of  Presbyterianism." 
The  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper — Members  of  Sessions 
of  the  following  Churches,  taking  their  origin  from   the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  assisted  in  the  distribution 
of  the  Elements:      Second,   Third,    Fourth,    Forty-first 
Street,  South  Park  and  Plymouth  Congregational. 
Postlude — "Postlude  in  F"  _____     Gade 

Mr.   Moore. 

Tuesday  Evening,  December  8th,  8 :30  P.  M. 

Diamond  Jubilee  Function  of  the 

Fort  Dearborn  Guild. 

An  original  monologue  by  Miss  Marjorie  Benton  Cooke. 

Wednesday  Evening,  December  9th,  8 :00  P.  M. 
Fellowship  Meeting, 
Short  addresses  were  made  by,  and  messages  were   read 
from  early  members  of  the  Church. 

Thursday  Evening,  December  10th,  6.00  P.  M. 

Diamond  Jubilee  Meeting  of  the 

Men's  League. 


PULPIT  A^'D  CHOIR.  167 

Dinner  was  served  in  the  lecture  room  of  the  Church 
under  the  management  of  the  Men's  League,  to  110  guests 
representing  the  Presbyterian  Brotherhood  of  Chicago, 

The  speakers  at  the  dinner  were:  The  Rev.  John  Bal- 
com  Shaw,  D.  D.,  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  the  Rev. 
Martin  D.  Hardin,  D.  D.,  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  the 
Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton,  former  Minister  of  Railroad  Mission, 
the  Rev.  Edward  H.  Curtis,  D.  D.,  Woodlawn  Park  Presby- 
terian Church,  the  Rev.  William  C.  Covert,  D.  D.,  Forty-first 
Street  Presbyterian  Church,  the  Rev.  James  Frothingham, 
D.  D.,  Stated  Clerk  Pjesbytery  of  Chicago. 

At  the  meeting  following  the  dinner  in  the  auditorium 
of  the  Church,  8:00  P.  M.,  addresses  were  made  by  Judge 
Charles  G.  Neely,  President  of  the  Presbyterian  Brotherhood 
of  Chicago,  the  Rev.  William  P.  Merrill,  D.  D.,  Sixth  Presby- 
terian Church,  Mr.  Charles  S.  Holt,  President  Presbyterian 
Brotherhood  of  America,  Mr.  William  R.  Stirling,  Brother- 
hood of  St.  Andrew,  the  Rev.  Austin  K.  de  Blois,  D.  D., 
First  Baptist  Church,  Hon.  Thomas  C.  MacMillan,  Moderator 
National  Congregational  Councils,  the  Rev.  Lorenzo  D.  Case 
D.  D.,  St.  Paul's  Universalist  Church,  and  the  Rev.  E.  W. 
Oneal,  First  Methodist  Church.  Mr.  Adam  Craig  led  the 
singing,  with  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

December  13 — 

Prelude~"A  Swedish  Hymn"      _       -       -       -  Benoist 

Flute,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 

Anthem   for   Advent — "Blessed   Jesus,   Fount   of  Mercy" 
___-------         Dvorak 

Offertory — "Jesus,  Lover  of  my  Soul"        -       -  Brookes 

Mrs.  Bracken. 

Duo  for  flute  and  violoncello — "Ave  Maria"      -  Leroux 

Messrs.    Quensel   and   Steindel,    accompanied   by  harp   and 

organ. 

December  27 — Christmas  Celebration : 

Prelude — "The  Pastoral  Symphony"  -       -  Bach 

Cantata — "The  Shepherd's  Vision"  -  -  H.  W.  Parker 
Christmas  Hymn — "Wondrous  Words  of  Love"  -  Otis 
Solo  for  violoncello — "Adagio  Pathetique"        -  Godard 

Mr.  Steindel. 

Offertory — "Thus  Saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts"      -         Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Beard. 

Christmas  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 

Viohn  Solo — "Meditation"    _       -       -       -      Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 


168  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Organ  Postlude— "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"  Handel 

^  (From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  Choir-  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Amy  Leech  Northrup, 
Mrs  J  R.  McGlashan  and  Mrs.  W.  P.  Todd,  sopranos; 
Mrs  Willard  S.  Bracken,  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames,  Miss  Mar- 
garet Blood  and  Miss  Eleanor  Switzer,  altos;  Mr.  Adair 
Hickman,  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden  and  Mr.  R.  J.  Evans,  tenors; 
Mr.  William  Beard,  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mr. 
L.  A.  Denney,  basses. 

The  Orchestra:  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Richard  Seidel 
(violins) ,  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello) ,  Mr.  Franz  H. 
Esser  and  Mr.  George  Dasch  (violas) ,  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel 
(flute),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and  English  horn),  Mr. 
Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn) ,  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  and 
Mr.  Hans  Parbs  (double  basses) ,  Mr.  Joseph  Zettelmann 
(kettle-drums) ,  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp).  Mr.  Francis 
S.  Moore  (O.).     Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

December  31— The  Rev.  William  Rodman  Notman,  D.  D., 
former  Minister  of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church, 
Chicago,  passed  away  at  Bermuda. 

1909 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  and  Mrs.  Amy  Leech  North- 
rup, sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken  and  Mrs.  James 
C.  Ames,  altos;  Mr.  Howard  D.  Kellogg  and  Mr.  C.  H. 
Ogden,  tenors;  Mr.  WiUiam  Beard  and  Mr.  Charles  T. 
Atkinson,  basses.  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore,  (O.)  Mr. 
Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

January  6— Wednesday.  Funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Augustus 
N.  Eddy,  at  1910  Calumet  avenue,  conducted  by  Dr. 
Morison,  assisted  by  Mrs.  Lucille  S.  Tewksbury  (S.),  Mrs. 
Annie  R.  Thacker  (A.)  and  Mr.  H.  A.  Mix  (T.),  of  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Choir,  and  Mr.  WiUiam  Beard  (B.), 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Choir.  Mrs.  Eddy,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  F.  Spencer  of  Chicago,  died  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  January  2,  1909. 

January  31 — 

Prelude— "Pastorale  in  A"   -       -       -       -       -      Guilmant 

Harp  and  Organ. 
Anthem — "O  Gladsome  Light"    -       -       -       -        Sullivan 
The  Sermon— Rev.  James  G.  K.  McClure,  Jr.,  of  McCormick 

Seminary.     Text:   "But   Seek   ye   first   the   Kingdom," 

etc.      (St.  Matt,  vi-  33.) 

The  preacher  showed  the  heavy  responsibility  which  the 
modem  world,  with  its  ease  of  communication,  places  upon 


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the  individual  members  of  the  Church  for  the  extension  of 
the  ideals  and  hopes  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  to  all  parts  of 
the  earth, 
February  7 — 

Prelude — "A  Wedding  Hymn"     -       -       -       -  Rouher 

For  English  horn,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Ring  Out,  Wild  Bells"       -       -       Gounod-Root 
Offertory — "Faith"         ------     Chadwick 

Mr.    Beard,   accompanied   by  oboe,   viola,   harp  and   organ. 

Solo  for  oboe — "Evening  Hymn"         -       -       -    Schumann 

Mr.  Barthel,  accompanied  by  viola,  harp  and  organ. 

February  14 — Abraham  Lincoln  Centenary.  The  worst  bliz- 
zard Chicago  has  had  in  years;  streets  and  walks  covered 
with  ice. 

Prelude — "Invocation"          -       _       _       _       -  Ganne 

Anthem — "A  Mighty  Fortress  is  our  God"        -  Luther 

Violin  Solo — "Ave  Verum  Corpus"      -       -       -  Mozart 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Offertory — "Land  of  Hope  and  Glory"       -       -  Elgar 

The  Sermon — Subject:      "The  Life  and    Work  of  Abraham 

Lincoln" — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 

Anthem — "The  American  Hymn"       -       -       -  Keller 

Organ  Postlude — "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  Buck 
Mr.  Moore. 

The  Choir  was  assisted  at  this  service  by  Messrs.  Krauss 
(violin),  de  Mare  (French  horn),  Zettelmann  (drums), 
and  Tramonti  (harp). 

March  21 — 

Prelude — "Meditation"  -       _       _       -       -  Dubois 

Duo  for  violin  and  French  horn. 
Messrs.  Krauss  and  de  Mare,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "The  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  Psalm" 

-----------       Otis 

Offertory — "In  Dreams  I've  Heard  the  Seraphs  Fair"  Faure 

Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  violin,  French  horn, 

harp  and  organ. 

March  28— 

Prelude — "Romance"     -----  Saint-Saens 

Oboe,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem  for  Lent — "Blessed  Jesus,  Fount  of  Mercy" 

----------  Dvorak 

Aria — "Our  God,  the  Heavenly  Circle  Filling"  Handel 

(From   the   scene  at   the   Last   Supper   in   the   "Passion   of 

Christ.") 

Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  oboe,  violoncello, 

harp  and  organ. 

Anthem — "There  is  a  Green  Hill  Far  Away"    -        Gounod 

Accompanied  by  English  horn,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ 

Oft'ertory — "It  is  Enough"  (From  "EHjah.")      Mendelssohn 

Mr.  Beard,  accompanied  by  oboe,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 

The  Sermon — Lenten  address.  Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 


170  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Duo  for  oboe  and  violoncello — "Melodie"  Charpentier 

Messrs.  Barthel  and  Steindel. 

Organ  Postlude — "And  with  His  Stripes"  -         Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

April  4 — 

Prelude — "Adoration"  -----  Fillipucci 

Oboe,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "It  Shall  Come  to  Pass"      -       -       -  Tours 

The  Sermon — The  Fifth  Anniversary  of  Dr.  Morison's  minis- 
try. 

April  11 — Easter  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Easter  Morning"  -       _       _       -  Grieg 

Anthem — "Happy  and  Blest  are  They"  (From  "St.  Paul") 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Anthem — "I  Shall  not  Die,  but  Live"         -      H.  W.  Parker 
Violoncello  Solo — "Adagio  Pathetique"      -       -  Godard 

Mr.  Steindel. 
Offertory — Recitative  and  aria,   "With  Verdure  Clad" 

----------  Haydn 

Mrs.  Trimble. 
Easter  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 
Violin  Solo — "Largo"     ------  Handel 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"        -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin 
(S.),  Mrs.  Frances  C.  Libbe  (A.),  Mr.  R.  J.  Evans  (T.),  and 
Mr.  Clark  Learning  (B.).  The  orchestra:  Messrs.  Alex- 
ander Krauss  and  Richard  Seidel  (violins) ,  Messrs.  Franz 
H.  Esser  and  George  Dasch  (violas),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel 
(violoncello),  Messrs.  Louis  Klemm  and  Hans  Parbs 
(double  basses),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred 
Barthel  (oboe  and  English  horn) ,  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare 
(French  horn),  Mr.  Joseph  Zettelmann  (kettle-drums). 
Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

"Had  our  large  Church  been  even  much  larger,  it  would 
have  been  taxed  to  its  utmost  capacity  to  accommodate  the 
worshippers  upon  this  Easter  service.  Never  before  had  a 
greater  reverence  and  devotional  spirit  been  manifest  on 
Easter  Day.  The  Congregation  was  in  full  sympathy  with 
the  Easter  spirit  and  what  the  Day  means  to  mankind  as 
portrayed  in  the  words  of  our  Minister." 

April  12 — Monday,  2  P.  M.  Funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Charles 
D.  Hamill,  in  the  Church,  conducted  by  Dr.  Morison. 
Mr.  William  Beard  sang  a  few  familiar  hymns.  Mrs. 
Hamill,  an  old  member  of  the  First  Church,  was  deeply 


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interested  in   all  its   mission   and  hospital   work.     Her 
death  occurred  April  10. 

May  23— Calvin  Quarto-Centenary  (1509-1564.) 

Prelude — "Allegro  Moderato"      -       -       -  Stradella 

Violoncello  solo,  Mr.  Paul  Schoessling. 
Anthem — "Lord!  Thou  Alone  Art  God"     -        Mendelssohn 
Huguenot  Hymn — "Navarre"      -       -        Claude  Goudemil 
Chorale — "A  Mighty  Fortress  is  our  God"  -  Luther 

,    _     ,     ,      ,  f  "Commandments"        Claude  Goudemil 
French  Protestant     ..qj^  I24th"         -       Traditional  (1553) 
Hymns—  [  "St.  Michael"       -       Traditional  (1553) 

Offertory— "List!  The  Cherubic  Host"        -       -  Gaul 

The  Sermon — Text:  "If  there  be  a  messenger  with  him,  an 
interpreter,  one  among  a  thousand,  to  shew  unto  man 
his  uprightness"   (Job  xxxiii:  23).      Rev.  John  A.  Mori- 
son,  D.  D. 
Prayer — Offered  after  the  sermon  in  the  French  Church  at 

Geneva. 
Violoncello  Solo — "Adagio"  _       _       -       -  Corelli 

Mr.  Paul  Schoessling. 
Organ  Postlude — Fugue  and  Variations  on  the  Chorale — 
"Wir  Glauben  All'  An  Einen  Gott"     -       -  Rinck 

Mr.  Moore. 

John  Calvin  was  an  acute  thelogian  and  an  able  states- 
man, but  had  little  of  the  genius  of  song. 

Martin  Luther,  a  musician,  as  well  as  priest,  stirred  the 
hearts  of  all  Germany  with  his  rich  psalmody. 

And  yet,  strange  to  say,  it  is  to  Calvin  that  we  owe  the 
introduction  of  metrical  psalmody  into  the  Reformed  Churches 
of  France.  In  the  early  part  of  the  16th  Century,  two  French 
poets,  Marot  and  Beza,  set  the  Psalms  to  verse.  The  effect 
on  the  French  people  was  magical.  Marot 's  Psalms  became 
the  rage  of  the  day.  All  classes  sang  them  to  their  popular 
ballad  tunes.  Calvin,  seeing  their  religious  value,  engaged 
musicians  to  set  these  verses  to  music.  Guillaume  Franc, 
one  of  the  best  composers  of  that  day,  wrote  a  melody  for 
the  134th  Psalm,  now  well  known  as  "Old  Hundred." 

The  tune  "Navarre"  well  illustrates  the  style  of  the 
melodies  of  the  French  Reformation.  Claude  Goudemil,  its 
author,  was  one  of  the  men  selected  by  Calvin  to  compile  the 
Genevan  Psalter,  and  was  one  of  "the  noble  army  of  martyrs." 
Goudemil,  born  in  1505,  near  Avignon,  went  to  Rome  to  study, 
where  he  founded  a  school  of  music  and  had  several  illustri- 
ous pupils,  among  them,  Palestrina.  On  his  return  to  France, 
Goudemil  became  a  music  director  at  Lyons,  where  he  re- 


172  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

nounced  Romanism  for  Protestantism.  On  "Black  Bar- 
tholomew's Day,"  August  24,  1572,  he  was  brutally  massa- 
cred for  his  Huguenot  tunes.  Goudemil  was  a  holy  man  and 
one  of  the  first  musicians  in  France. 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Amy  Leech  Northrup 
and  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin,  sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S. 
Bracken,  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  and  Miss  Charlotte  Ellick- 
sen,  altos;  Mr.  Howard  D.  Kellogg  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden, 
tenors;  Mr.  G.  W.  Christopher  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkin- 
son, basses; Mr.  Paul Schoessling  (violoncello);  Mr.  Francis 
S.  Moore  (O.) ;  Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 
June  3 — Thursday  evening.  Installation  service  of  the  Rev. 
John  Timothy  Stone,  D.  D.,  as  Minister  of  the  Fourth 
Presbyterian  Church.  The  Rev.  Louis  P.  Cain,  D.  D., 
Moderator  of  the  Presbytery,  the  Rev.  John  Balcom 
Shaw,  D.  D.,  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  the  Rev. 
Edgar  P. I  Hill,  D.  D.,  Secretary  of  the  Church  Extension 
Committee,  the  Rev.  John  Newton  Freeman,  D.  D.,  As- 
sistant Minister,  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  the  Rev. 
Charles  Wood,  D.  D.,  of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant, 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  the  Rev.  J.  G.  K.  McClure,  D.  D., 
McCormick  Theological  Seminary,  took  part  in  the  serv- 
ices. 

June  6 — Mr.  Frank  A.  Preisch  (B.)  in  place  of  Mr.  William 
Beard, ^  resigned. 

Prelude — "The  Question"      -       -       -  Wolstenholme 

Anthem — "Praise  Waiteth  for  Thee,  O  God"    -  Foster 

Offertory — "By  the  Waters  of  Babylon"   -       -  Howell 

Mr.  Preisch. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text:   "My  soul  thirsteth  for  the 
living  God."     (Psalm  xlii:  2.) 

June  13 — Children's  Day: 

Prelude — "Andantino"  _____  Franck 

Anthem — "Ye  Shall  Dwell  in  the  Land"    -       -  Stainer 

Offertory — "I  Bring  Thee  a  Broken  Heart"       -  Wood 

Mrs.  Trimble. 
The  Sermon — "The  Message  of  the  Flowers" — Rev.  John  A 

Morison,  D.  D. 
Postlude — "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"    -       -  Buck 

Miss  Mary  Porter  Pratt  (O.),  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Moore. 

June  27— 

Prelude — "Andante  in  D"     _____  Silas 

Anthem — "Praise  the  Lord"         _       _       _       _         Burdett 
Response — "I  Will  Never  Leave  Thee"      -       -  Otis 

1  Mr.  William  Beard,  came  to  Chicago  in  1902;  soloist  in  concerts  of  the  Theo- 
dore Thomas  Orchestra  and  Mendelssohn  Club;  has  been  associated  ■with  the  Cosmo- 
politan School  of  Music  and  Chicago  Conservatorj'.  Mr.  Beard  is  (September.  1913) 
with  the  Walter  Spry  School  of  Music. 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  173 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text:  "He  saith  unto  them,  but 
whom  say  ye  that  I  am?"     (St.  Matt,  xvi:  15.) 

Preaching  services  were  continued  in  the  main  audience 
room  until  August  1,  when  the  Minister  and  his  family  went 
away  for  their  summer  vacation.  During  the  month  of  Aug- 
ust, services  were  held  in  the  lecture  room.  The  pulpit  was 
supplied  as  follows:  August  1,  the  Rev.  Clarence  G.  Reynolds, 
D.  D.,  Asheville,  N.  C;  August  8,  Dr.  J.  F.  Horton,  Chicago; 
August  15  and  22,  Prof.  Nathaniel  Butler,  University  of 
Chicago;  August  29,  and  through  September,  Prof.  W.  A. 
Ganfield  of  Carroll  College. 

In  the  absence  of  the  regular  Choir,  during  vacation,  the 
music  at  the  Sunday  services  was  led  by  Mrs.  Ada  M.  Shef- 
field (S.).     Mr.  Morton  H.  Eddy  (O.). 

October  3 — Mr.  David  D.  Duggan  (T.),  in  place  of  Mr.  H.  D. 
Kellogg,  resigned.  Mr.  Ellis  P.  Legler  (B.),  in  place  of 
Mr.  Frank  A.  Preisch,  resigned. 

Anthem — "While  the  Earth  Remaineth"  -      John  A.  West 

Offertory — "If  With  all  Your  Hearts"        -        Mendelssohn 

(From  "Elijah.") 

Mr.  Duggan. 

Dr.  Morison  back  from  his  vacation  and  spoke  from  the  text, 
"For  there  is  none  other  name  under  Heaven  given 
among  men,   whereby  we   must  be  saved."     (Acts  iv: 

12.) 

October  17 — 

Prelude — "Holy  Night"         __-_--     Buck 
Duet — "The  Lord  is  my  Light"  -----     Buck 

Mrs.  Bracken  and  Mr.  Legler. 

Postlude — "Triumphal  March"    -----     Buck 

Mr.  Moore. 

Annual  collection  for  Railroad  Mission. 

Dr.  Morison's  subject,  "Sunday-school  Work."  Text,  "Suffer 
the  little  children  to  come  unto  Me."     (St.  Mark  x:  14.) 

October  24 — 

Anthem — "Teach  me,  O  Lord"    -       -       -       -        Burdett 

Offertory — "In  Thee  I  put  my  Steadfast  Trust" 

--------  Blumenschein 

Mr.  Legler. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "And  as  many  as  touched 
Him  were  made  whole,"  (St.  Mark  vi:  56).  The  Min- 
ister made  two  suggestions  in  his  sermon;  (1)  the  works 
Christ  did  were  wonderful;  (2)  His  life  was  more  wonder- 
ful than  His  works. 


174  PULPIT  ARD  CHOIR. 

The  Special  Musical  Services  began  November  7,  similar 
in  character  to  those  of  last  year,  to  continue  until  Easter, 
1910. 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Amy  L.  Northrup, 
sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken,  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames, 
altos;  Mr.  David  D.  Duggan,  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  tenors; 
Mr.  Ellis  P.  Legler  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  basses. 
Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  assisted  by  violin,  violon- 
cello or  other  instruments. 

November  14 — 

Prelude — "Harp  Aria"   (From   the  Oratorio,   "Esther") 

___-------         Handel 

Violin  solo,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "Unto  Thee,  O  God"   -       -       -      John  E.  West 
Anthem — "There  is  no  Sorrow"  -       -       -       -        Godfrey 

Accompanied  by  violin,  harp  and  organ. 
Offertory — "The  City  Beautiful"         _       _       -      Federlein 

Mr.  Duggan,  accompanied  by  violin,  harp  and  organ. 
The  Sermon — Subject:  "Our  Heavenly  Home" — Rev.  John 

A.  Morison,  D.  D. 
Violin  solo — "Romance  in  F"      -       -       -       -       Bruneau 

Mr.  Krauss. 
Postlude — "March  in  C"        -----  Bossi 

Mr.  Moore. 

December  5 — The  regular  Choir  of  eight  voices,  assisted  by 
Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin  (S.)  and  Miss  Charlotte  EUick- 
sen  (A.);  Messrs.  Krauss  (violin),  Esser  (viola),  de  Mare 
(French  horn),  and  Tramonti  (harp). 

Prelude — "Cantilene"    ------  Dubois 

Violin,  viola,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Brightest  and  Best"  -       -       -      H.  W.  Parker 
Anthem — "Selections  form  "EHjah."     Recit.  "See  now,  he 
Sleepeth";    Trio,    "Lift    Thine    Eyes";    Chorus,    "He 
Watching  over  Israel"   -       -       -       -        Mendelssohn 

Offertory — "King,  AH  Glorious"  -       -       -       -  Barnby 

Solo  for  horn — "Romance"  _       _       -  Saint-Saens 

Mr.  de  Mare. 

Organ  Postlude — "Festival  March"     -       -  Claussman 

Mr.  Moore. 

In  the  evening  at  eight  o'clock,  a  meeting  in  the  interest  of 
the  Anti-saloon  League  was  held  in  our  Church.  Mr. 
Moore  gave  a  preliminary  organ  recital,  commencing  at 
7:15.  Selections  were  sung  by  the  Choir  and  an  address 
was  given  by  the  Rev.  James  Alexander  Patterson,  D.  D., 
of  New  York  City. 

December  12 — The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Messrs.  Krauss 
(violin),  Esser  (viola),  Steindel  (violoncello)  and  Tra- 
monti (harp). 


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Prelude — "Berceuse"     -----       ~      Jarnefelt 

Violin,  viola,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "I  Waited  Patiently  for  the  Lord"    -  ^'^""'■s 

Offertory— "O  Lord  Most  Holy"  -       -       -      Schubert 

Viola  Solo— "Morning  Hymn"     -       -  Richard  Strauss 

Mr.  Esser. 
Violin  Solo— "Evening  Hymn"    -       -       -  Schumann 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "Marche  du  Synode"       -  Saint-Seans 

Mr.  Moore. 

December  16— Thursday  evening.     The  second  banquet  of 
the  Presbyterian  Social  Union,  held  in  the  parlors  of  this 
Church.     Dr.  Edgar  P.  Hill,   chairman,    introduced  the 
new  President  of  the  Union,  the  Rev.  John  S.  Nolleii, 
Ph.  D.    Invocation  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  John  A.  Mori- 
son,  D.  D.     At  the  conclusion  of  the  banquet,  a  paper 
was  read  by  Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis  on  "The  Church  and 
Choir  of  Yesterday,  with  Thoughts  on  the  Choir  of  To- 
day and  Tomorrow."     After  the  reading  of  the  paper, 
the  audience  adjourned  to  the  auditorium  above,  to  hear 
a  musical  service  given  by  the  First  Church  Choir  (ten 
voices),  assisted  by  Messrs.  Krauss  (violin),  Esser  (viola), 
Quensel    (flute),    Barthel    (oboe   and   English  horn),   de 
Mare  (French  horn),  Tramonti  (harp),  and  Zettelmann 
(drums).  The  purpose  of  this  service  was  to  show  how 
these  instruments  can  be  employed  in  Church  with  the 
best  results. 
Solo  for  oboe — "An  Easter  Meditation"     -     Carolus-Duran 

Mr.  Barthel. 
Chorale— "A  Mighty  Fortress  is  our  God"         -  Luther 

Accompanied  by  orchestra  and  organ. 
Harp  Solo— "Monastery"      _       _       _       -  Hasselmans 

Mr.  Tramonti. 
Soprano  Solo— "In  Dreams  I've  Heard  the  Seraphs"  Faure 
Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  vioUn,  harp,  French  horn  and 

organ. 
Anthem— "O  for  the  Wings  of  a  Dove"     -        Mendelssohn 
For  women's  voices,  accompanied  by  flute,  French  horn,  harp 

and  organ. 
Trio— "Cantilene"  -------  Dubois 

VioHn,  viola  and  French  horn,  accompanied  by  harp  and 

organ. 
Anthem— "List!    The  Cherubic  Host"        -       -  Gaul 

For  women's  voices,  accompanied  by  English  horn,  viola, 

harp  and  organ. 

Anthem — "Rise,  Crowned  with  Light"       -       -  Otis 

Benediction— Rev.  T.  D.  Wallace,  D.  D. 

Organ  Postlude — "Hallelujah  Chorus"       -       -  Handel 

Mr.   Moore. 

December  26 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Cantata — "Wondrous  Words  of  Love"       -       -       -       Otis 

Violoncello  Solo — "Romance"      -       -       -       -   Boellmann 

Mr.  Steindel. 


176  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

The  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 

Violin  Solo— "Meditation"    -       -       -       -      Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  Choir :  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Amy  Leech  North- 
rup,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Fieldcamp  and  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin, 
sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken,  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames, 
Mrs.  lone  Sutherland  and  Miss  Charlotte  Ellicksen,  altos; 
Mr.  D.  D.  Duggan,  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden  and  Mr.  Curtis 
Williams,  tenors;  Mr.  Ellis  P.  Legler,  Mr.  Frank  A. 
Preisch  and  Mr.  Clark  Leaming,  basses. 

The  orchestra:  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss,  and  Mr.  Richard  Sei- 
del  (violins),  Mr.  Franz  H.  Esser  and  Mr.  George  Dasch 
(violas),  Mr.  Louis  Klemm  and  Mr.  Hans  Parbs  (double 
basses),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel 
(oboe  and  EngHsh  horn) ,  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French 
horn),  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp) ,  Mr.  Joseph  Zettelmann 
(kettle-drums).  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore,  (O.).  Mr.  Philo 
Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

1910 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Amy  Leech  Northrup 
and  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin,  sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard 
S.  Bracken,  Mrs.  lone  SuUivan  and  Miss  Charlotte  Ellick- 
sen,^ altos;  Mr.  D.  D.  Duggan  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  tenors; 
Mr.  Ellis  P.  Legler  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  basses. 
Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 
Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

January  23 — Mrs.  lone  Sullivan  sang  today  in  the  absence 
of  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  (A.),  and  Mr.  Curtis  Williams,  in 
the  absence  of  Mr.  I).  D.  Duggan  (T.). 

January  30 — 

Prelude — "Autumn  Song"    -       -       -  Tschaikowsky 

Oboe,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 
Chorale — "Break  Forth,  O  Beauteous  Heavenly  Light" 

----------  Bach 

Christmas  Carol — "The  Angels  and  the  Shepherds"     Riedel 

(Old  Bohemian) 
Soprano  Solo — "A  Light  from  Heaven"     -       -         Gounod 
Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  oboe,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 

February  6 — 

Prelude — "A  Wedding  Hymn"     -       -       -       -  Rouher 

For  English  horn,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "With  all  Thy  Hosts"  -       -      John  E.  West 


1  Miss  Charlotte  Ellicksen.  afterward  Mrs.  James  W.  McCuUoh. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  177 

Offertory — "Let  not  your  Heart  be  troubled''  Ward 

Mr.    Duggan,    accompanied   by   oboe,    vioia,    harp   and 

organ. 

Duo  for  viola  and  English  horn— "Elegie"  Boisdeffre 

Messrs.  Esser  and  Barthel,  accompanied  by  harp  and 

organ. 

February  27 — 

Prelude — "Ave  Verum  Corpus"  -       -       -       -  Mozart 

VioUn,  French  horn,  harp  and  organ. 

Anthem — "One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  Psalm"  Otis 

Duo  for  violin  and  French  horn — "Berceuse"      -        Thome 

Messrs.   Krauss  and  de  Mare,  accompanied  by  harp 

and  organ. 

March  8 — The  regular  meeting  of  the  Fort  Dearborn  Guild, 
was  held  in  the  Church  parlors.  Convener,  Mrs.  Philo 
Adams  Otis.  Paper  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Risser;  subject, 
"A  Winter  in  Rome." 

March  13 — 

Offertory — "O  Lamb  of  God"  ("Agnus  Dei")    -       -     Bach 

(From  the  Mass  in  B  Minor) 

Mrs.  Bracken,  accompanied  by  oboe,  violoncello,  harp 

and  organ. 

Anthem— "List!  The  Cherubic  Host"  -       -_    -      Gaul 

For   women's   voices,   accompanied   by   English   horn, 

violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 

Mr.  Walfried  Singer  (harp)  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Tramonti. 

Christ  Reformed  Episcopal  Church  celebrated  this  morning, 
the  fiftieth  year  of  the  Rectorship  of  Bishop  Charles 
Edward  Cheney,  D.  D.,  S.  T.  D. 

March  27 — Easter  Celebration : 

Prelude — "Easter  Morning"  _       _       -       _  Grieg 

Anthem — "Open  to  me  the  Gates  of  Righteousness" 

__--------        Manney 

Aria — "If  God  be  for  us.  Who  can  be  Against  us"      Handel 
(From  "The  Messiah.") 
Mr.  Duggan. 
Anthem — "Happy  and  Blest"  (From  "St.  Paul.") 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Anthem — "The  Glories  of  the  Messiah"  -         -         Otis 

Violoncello  Solo — "Romance"      -       -       -  Boellmann 

Mr.  Steindel. 

Offertory — "I  Know  that  my  Redeemer  Liveth"        Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mrs.  Trimble. 

The  Sermon — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 

Violin  Solo — "Largo"     ------  Handel 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"        -  Handel 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Fieldcamp  (S.), 
Mrs.  lone  Sutherland  (A.),  Mr.  Albert  H.  Hancock  (T.) 
and  Mr.  Clark  Learning  (B.),  (14  voices  in  all). 


178  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

The  orchestra:  ]\Ir.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Richard  Sei- 
del  (violins),  Mr.  Franz  H.  Esser  and  Mr.  George  Dasch 
(violas),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  Louis 
Klemm  and  Mr.  Hans  Parbs  (double  basses) ,  Mr.  Alfred 
Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and  English 
horn) ,  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn) ,  Mr.  Enrico 
ramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph  Zettelmann  (kettle-drums). 

April  10— The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Amy 
Leech  Northrup,  sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken,  Mrs. 
James  C.  Ames,  altos;  Mr.  Albert  H.  Hancock  (T.),  in 
the  absence  of  Mr.  Duggan,  and  Mr.  Ellis  P.  Legler  (B.). 
Prelude — "In  Paradise"         _       _       _       -       -  Dubois 

Mr.  Moore. 

Anthem — "Ye  Shall  go  out  With  Joy"       -       -         Barnby 

Anthem — "Chorus  of  Seraphim"  _       _       _  Dubois 

For  women's  voices. 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "I  am  debtor  both  to  the 
Greeks  and  to  the  Barbarians."     (Romans  i:  14.) 

April  17 — 

Prelude — "Pastorale  in  E"   -----         Lemare 

Anthem — "If  a  Man  Die,  Shall  he  Live  Again" 

---------         Macpherson 

Anthem — "Far  From  the  World"        -       -      H.  W.  Parker 

The  Sermon — Rev.  Martin  D.  Hardin,  D.  D.,  Third  Presby- 
terian Church,  Chicago.  Text:  "Everyone  that  exalt- 
eth  himself  shall  be  abased."   (St.  Luke  xviii:  14.) 

May8— 

Prelude — "Prelude  in  G  Minor"  -       _       -  Piern6 

Anthem — "Jubilate  in  E"     -       -       -       -      H.  W.  Parker 
Offertory — "Jerusalem!  Thou  that  Killest  the  Prophets" 
(From  "St.  Paul.")         -       -       -       _        Mendelssohn 
Mrs.  Trimble. 
Anthem — "Tarry  with  Me"  -----        Baldwin 

The  Minister's  subject  was  "The  Victory  of  the  Redeemed." 
Text,  "And  they  sing  the  song  of  Moses,  the  servant  of 
God,  and  the  song  of  the  Lamb."     (Rev.  xv:  3.) 

May  22— 

Offertory — "If  with  All  Your  Hearts"        -        Mendelssohn 

(From  "Elijah.") 

Mr.  Wallace  Moody. 

May  31 — Funeral  services  of  Mr.  William  E.  Kelley,  at  his 
summer  home,  Lindenmere,  Oconomow^oc,  Wis.,  con- 
ducted by  Dr.  Morison.  Familiar  hymns  were  sung  by 
Mr.  Ben  Q.  Tufts.  Mr.  Kelley  had"  been  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Church  since  December  5, 
1892,  and  Treasurer  since  June  3,  1896.  Mr.  Kelley  was 
born  in  Chicago,  August  27,  1850;  died  at  Oconomowoc, 
May  27,  1910. 


I'lRST   PRHSBYTERIAX  CIIURCH. 
IndiaiKi  Avenue  and  Twenty  I'irst  Street  (1913). 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  179 

June  12 — Children's  Day. 

Anthem — "The  Recessional"        _       _       -  Schnecker 

Offertory — "I  Think  When  I  Read  that  Sweet  Story  of  Old" 

----------J.  A.  West 

Mr.  Borroff. 
The  Sermon — "The  Christian  Soldier" — Rev.  John  A.  Mori- 
son,  D.  D. 

June  19 — 

Anthem — "Great  is  our  Lord"     -       -       -       -  Foster 

Offertory — "The  Sorrows  of  Death"    -       -        Mendelssohn 

Mr.  Duggan. 

The   Sermon — Text:    "In    the   multitude   of   my   thoughts" 

(Psalm  xciv:  19.) — Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  D.  D. 

June  22 — Wednesday.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  and  So- 
ciety, held  this  evening,  the  resignation  of  the  Rev. 
John  Archibald  Morison,  D.  D.,  Minister  of  this  Church, 
was  read  and  accepted.  Resolutions  were  passed,  ex- 
pressive of  the  affectionate  regard  in  which  Dr.  Morison 
was  held  by  the  Session,  the  Board  of  Deacons,  and  by 
the  other  bodies  in  the  organization  of  our  Church,  and 
in  acknowledgment  of  his  exceptional  ability  as  a  theo- 
logian and  preacher. 

June  26— 

Organ  Prelude — "Air  in  D"         _____     Bach 
Anthem — "In  Heavenly  Love  Abiding"     -       -         Burdett 

Dr.  Morison  spoke  from  the  text,  "Who  in  the  days  of  his 
fiesh,"  etc.     (Hebrews  v.  7.) 

July  3 — The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Mabel  J. 
Chamberlin  and  Miss  Eleanor  Switzer  (S.),  Mrs.  lone 
Sutherland  and  Miss  Hazel  Heimbeck  (A.),  Mr.  C.  H. 
Ogden  (T.),  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  (B.),  Mr.  Paul 
Schoessling  (violoncello) . 
Prelude — "Canto  Popolare"  _       _       _       _  Elgar 

Violoncello  solo,  Mr.  Schoessling. 
Anthem — "King,  all  Glorious"     -       -       -       -  Barnby 

Offertory — "O  Jesus,  Thou  Art  Standing"         -  Foster 

Violoncello  Solo — "Adagio"      -       -       -       _  Corelli 

Mr.  Schoessling. 

Organ  Postlude — "Marche  Pontificale"       -       -      Lemmens 

Mr.   Moore. 

Dr.  Morison's  last  Sunday  as  the  Minister  of  our  Church. 
He  spoke  from  the  text,  "We  have  an  altar,  whereof  they 
have  no  right  to  eat  which  serve  the  tabernacle,"  (Hebrews 
xiii:  10).  The  whole  Congregation  remained  at  the  conclu- 
sion of  the  service  to  say  a  word  of  farewell  to  their  Minister. 
For  over  six  years.  Dr.  Morison  has  been  the  beloved  Minister 
of  this  Church  and  today  takes  leave  of  us  in  accordance  with 


180  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

his  letter  of  resignation  of  June  11.  During  all  this  period 
he  has  labored  with  the  utmost  zeal  for  the  advancement  of 
the  work  of  the  Church,  and  has  devoted  himself  faithfully 
and  conscientiously  to  its  interests.  We  feel  assured  of  his 
continued  love  and  prayers,  and  he  may  rest  in  full  confidence 
of  the  continued  love  and  prayers  of  his  people. 

From  July  10,  until  September  4,  Miss  May  D.  Laukart 
was  organist  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Moore.  During  the  month 
of  August,  in  the  absence  of  the  regular  Choir,  Miss  Martha 
Jones  (S.),  led  the  singing.  The  pulpit  was  supplied  during 
the  summer,  as  follows: 

July  10 — Prof.  Benjamin  S.  Terry,  of  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago. 

July  17— The  Rev.  Jesse  W.  Brooks,  D.  D. 

July  24  and  31— Rev.  Prof.  Nathaniel  Butler. 

August  7  and  14 — Rev.  Prof.  W.  A.  Ganfield. 

August  21  and  28— The  Rev.  A.  B.  Marshall,  D.  D. 

September  4 — The  regular  Choir  resumed  its  work  for  the 
winter  months. 

Prelude — "Romance  Sans  Paroles"     -       -       -      Guilmant 

Mr.  Moore. 
Anthem — "Send  Out  Thy  Light"        _       _       _        Manney 
Sermon — Rev.  James  Frothingham,  D.  D. 

The  pulpit  was  occupied  September  11,  18,  25  and  October 
2,  by  the  Rev.  John  JSFewton  Freeman,  D.  D. 

October  4 — Tuesday  P.  M.,  funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Joseph 
Edward  Otis  at  her  residence,  1730  Prairie  avenue,  con- 
ducted by  the  Rev.  John  Balcom  Shaw,  D.  D.,  of  the 
Second  Presby  terian  Church,  assisted  by  the  Choir  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church.  Mrs.  Maria  Taylor  Otis  was 
a  daughter  of  Hon.  Sebastian  Frederick  Taylor  and  Judith 
Kellogg  Taylor.  Mrs.  Otis  was  born  at  Conneaut,  Ohio, 
August  30,  1836;  married  to  Joseph  Edward  Otis,  May  3, 
1859,  in  Milan,  Ohio;  came  to  Chicago  with  her  husband 
in  1860.  She  was  received  into  the  membership  of  the 
First  Church,  October  5,  1866. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  181 

October  16 — 

Prelude— "Chant  Pastorale"         -       -       -       -  Dubois 

Offertory— "My  Hope  is  in  the  Everlasting"     -  btainer 

Mr.  Duggan. 
Sermon  by  Dr.  Freeman,  now  Minister  in  Charge. 

November  1— Tuesday,  10:00  A.  M.  Funeral  services  of 
Mr  Frank  E.  May  (died  October  30),  conducted  by 
the  Rev.  William  C.  Covert,  D.  D.,  of  the  Forty-first 
Street  Presbyterian  Church,  and  the  Rev.  Frank  W.  Gun- 
saulus,  D.  D.,  of  the  Central  Church.  Mr.  May  was  a 
member  of  the  Men's  League,  and  took  a  great  interest 
in  all  the  activities  of  the  Church. 

November  13— The  Special  Musical  Services  resumed  for  the 
winter  months;  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Miss  Mabel  J. 
Chamberlin  and  Miss  Margaret  Stevenson,  sopranos;  Mrs. 
Willard  S.  Bracken,  Mrs  James  C.  Ames  and  Mrs.  F.  F. 
Bradley,  altos;  Mr.  John  B.  Miller  (Mr.  Duggan  resigned) 
and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  tenors;  Mr.  Marion  Green  and  Mr. 
Charles  T.  Atkinson,  basses.  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 
Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

Prelude — "Adoration  and  Communion"     -  Saint-Saens 

Harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "O  Come,  Let  us  Worship"         -        Mendelssohn 
Anthem— "I  Praise  Thee,  O  Lord"     -       -        Mendelssohn 
(From  "St.  Paul.") 
Accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 
Offertory— "If  With  all  Your  Hearts"        -         Mendelssohn 
(From  "Elijah.") 
Mr.   Miller. 
Accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 
The  Sermon — Rev.    John    Newton   Freeman,    D.    D.     Text: 
"That  which  we  have  seen  and  heard,  declare  we  unto 
you  that  ye  also  may  have  fellowship  with  us.      (I  John 
i:  3.)     Subject:  "Fellowship." 
Harp  Solo— "A  Sacred  Song"       _       -       -       -         Gounod 

Mr.  Tramonti. 

Organ  Postlude— "Grand  Chorus  in  B  Flat"     -  Dubois 

Mr.   Moore. 

November  20 — 

Prelude — "Harp  Aria"  (From  "Esther.")  -  Handel 

VioHn,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Unto  Thee,  O  God,  do  we  Give  Thanks" 

____-----  J.  E.  West 

VioHn  Solo— "Meditation"    -       -       -       -  Glazounow 

Mr.    Krauss,   accompanied   by  harp   and   organ. 

Offertory— "O  Lord,  Most  Holy"         -       -  Cherubini 

Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  violin,  harp  and  organ. 


182  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

November  27 — 

Prelude — "Benedictus"  -----  Otis 

Violin,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem—" Brightest  and  Best"  -       -       -       -         Manney 
Duo  for  violin  and  violoncello — "Berceuse"  Jarnefelt 

Messrs.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Carl  Brueckner,  accom- 
panied by  harp  and  organ. 
Offertory— "O  Lord  Most  Holy"  _       -       -  Franck 

Mrs.    Bracken,    accompanied    by    violin,    violoncello, 
harp  and  organ. 

December  5— Monday,  3:00  P.  M.  In  the  Chapel  of  Grace- 
land  Cemetery,  funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Harriette  L. 
Humphrey,  widow  of  the  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D., 
fourth  Minister  of  the  First  Church,  conducted  by  the 
Rev.  J.  G.  K.  McClure,  D.  D.  After  the  death  of  Dr.  Hum- 
phrey, November  13,  1881,  Mrs.  Humphrey  resided  for 
some  years  in  Lake  Forest.  While  there  she  prepared  a 
series  of  Bible  lectures  which  she  delivered  successfully 
several  winters  in  Chicago,  Philadelphia,  New  York  and 
other  cities.  Her  life  was  devoted  to  promoting  religious 
and  missionary  enterprises.  Mrs.  Humphrey  died  at  her 
home  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  December  2. 

December  11 — The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Messrs.  Quensel 
(flute),  de  Mare  (horn)  and  Tramonti  (harp). 

Anthem — "Sing  a  Song  of  Praise"       -  -       -    J.  E.  West 

Offertory — "The  Lord  is  My  Light"    -  -       -         Allitsen 

Mr.    Green,    accompanied    by    flute,  horn    harp    and 

organ. 

December  16 — Friday  P.  M.  The  funeral  services  of  Mr. 
Moses  D.  Wells  (died  December  14),  were  held  at  his 
late  residence,  2550  Michigan  avenue,  conducted  by 
the  Rev.  J.  G.  K.  McClure,  D.  D.  Mr.  Wells  was  one  of 
the  oldest  members  of  the  Congregation  of  the  First 
Church,  and  had  been  a  regular  attendant  at  its  services 
during  his  residence  in  Chicago.  He  was  born  in  Otis, 
Mass.,  August  9,  1837;  came  to  Chicago  in  1852,  and  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes.  His 
factory  was  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  West.  He  was 
married  in  1866  to  Miss  Frances  Searles,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
whose  death  occurred  in  1873.  Their  daughters,  Mrs. 
Charles  T.  Atkinson  and  Mrs.  Howard  Van  Doren  Shaw, 
now  reside  in  Chicago.  In  1883  Mr.  Wells  married  Mrs. 
Frank  Daggett,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Nathan  Corwith, ' 
of  Chicago. 

December  18— The  Rev.  Wilson  Aull,  preacher,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  Dr.  Freeman.  Text,  "If  a  man  die,  shall  he  live 
again."      (Job  xiv:  14.) 


MRS.  Z    M    urMrHREV. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  183 

The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Messrs.  Barthel  (oboe  and  Enghsh 
horn),  Brueckner  (violoncello)  and  Tramonti  (harp). 

Prelude — "Cantilene"    ------     Boisdeffre 

Oboe,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Brightest  and  Best"  -       -       -       -         Manney 

Duo  for  oboe  and  violoncello — "A  Russian  Folk  Song" 

----------  Glinka 

Messrs.  Barthel  and  Brueckner,  accompanied  by 
harp  and  organ. 

December  25 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Cantata — "Wondrous  Words  of  Love"       -       -       _       Otis 

For    solo    voices,    chorus,    orchestra    and    organ. 
Violoncello  Solo — "Meditation"   -       -       -  Boisdeffre 

Mr.  Steindel. 
The  Sermon — Rev.  James  G.  K.  McClure,  D.  D.,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  Dr.  Freeman. 
Violin  Solo — "Meditation  Religieuse"  -       -       Massenet 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord"  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  by  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin, 
Miss  Margaret  Stevenson  and  Mrs.  Katherine  M.  Swee- 
ney, sopranos;  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames,  Mrs.  lone  Sutherland 
and  Mrs.  F.  F.  Bradley,  altos;  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden  and  Mr. 
Vernon  Smith,  tenors;  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  Mr. 
Frank  A.  Preisch  and  Mr.  Ralph  B.  Throop,  basses. 

The  orchestra :  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Richard  Seidel 
(violins),  Mr.  Franz  H.  Esser  and  Mr.  George  Dasch 
(violas),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  Louis 
Klemm  and  Mr.  Hans  Parbs  (double  basses) ,  ]\Ir.  Alfred 
Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and  English 
horn) ,  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  (French  horn) ,  Mr.  Enrico 
Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph  Zettelmann  (kettle-drums). 
Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 


1911 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  ]\Iiss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin 
and  ]\Iiss  Margaret  Stevenson,  sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S. 
Bracken  and  Miss  Margaret  Giles,  altos;  Mr.  John  B. 
Miller  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  tenors;  Mr.  Marion  Green 
and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  basses.  Mr.  Francis  S. 
Moore  (O.).     Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

The  Special  Musical  Services  will  continue  until  Easter  Day, 
the  Choir  being  assisted  by  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp) 
and  other  instrumental  players. 


184  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

January  1 — 

Prelude — "Paul,  on  the  Way  to  Damascus"      -         Mailing 

Harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "Ring  out,  Wild  Bells"        -       -       -        Gounod 
The  Sermon— By  the  Rev.  Edgar  P.  Hill,  D.  D.,  m  the  ab- 
sence of  Dr.  Freeman. 

January  8— Mr.  Frank  A.  Preisch  (B.),  Mr.  Marion  Green^ 
having  resigned. 

Anthem— "There  Were  Shepherds"    -       -       -  Foster 

Offertory — "Nazareth"  _       _       -       _       -         Gounod 

Mr.  Preisch,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 
The  Sermon — Subject:  "Brotherhood" — Rev.  John  N.  Free- 
man, D.  D. 

January  10 — Tuesday,  10:30  A.  M.  Regular  meeting  of  the 
Fort  Dearborn  Guild.  Paper,  "A  Winter  in  Spain,"  was 
read  by  Mrs.  William  C.  Free,  with  stereopticon  views. 
Convener,  Mrs.  William  G.  Sage. 

January  22 — 

Prelude — "Cavatine"     __--_--      Raff 

Harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Calm  on  the  List'ning  Ear  of  Night"      -       Otis 
Offertory — "Christmas  Bells"       -       _       -       -  Liddle 

Mrs.  Bracken,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

Harp  Solo — "Elegie"      -----  Tramonti 

Mr.  Tramonti. 

Dr.  Freeman's  subject  was, "Opportunity."  Text,  "And  who 
knoweth  whether  thou  art  come  to  the  Kingdom  for  such 
a  time  as  this?"  (Esther  iv.  14).  The  book  of  Esther, 
though  an  honest,  correct  piece  of  Persian  history,  is  re- 
garded by  some  modern  critics  as  legendary,  with  myth- 
ological tendencies  and  not  to  be  included  among  the 
inspired  writers.  In  every  great  crisis  in  human  history, 
some  one  is  ready  for  the  emergency.  "This  is  the  op- 
portunity," and  it  comes  to  men  but  once  in  a  lifetime. 

February  5 — Mr.  O.  Gordon  Erickson  (B.)  in  place  of  Mr. 
Preisch,-  resigned. 


*  Mr.  Marion  Green,  sang  in  the  Choir  of  the  First  Church  at  various  times  (1907— 
1910);  resigned  January  1,  1911,  and  is  now  (1913)  with  the  First  M.  E.  Church  of  Evans- 
ton,  Illinois.  He  organized  the  Sunday  Evening  Choral  Club  (Orchestra  Hall),  and 
was  its  director  (1907-1911). 

'  Mr.  Frank  A.  Preisch  (B.),  began  his  professional  career  in  a  Church  Choir  in 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  He  spent  four  years  in  France,  singing  in  opera  in  Paris  and  Tou- 
louse, later  going  to  England  for  eight  years,  including  four  seasons  at  the  Covent 
Garden  Opera  in  London.  On  his  return  to  America,  he  was  engaged  for  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  of  N.  Y.  City.  In  May,  1913,  he  had  a  leading  part  in  the  Pageant, 
"Darkness  and  Light,"  at  the  Auditorium,  Chicago. 


MAKIDN  GREEN. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  185 

Prelude — "Andante  Religiose"     -       -  -  -          Thome 

Anthem — "God  so  Loved  the  World"  -  Harold  Moore 

Offertory— "Teach  me,  O  Lord"          -  -  -        Manney 

Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  violoncello,  harp  and 

organ. 

Violoncello  Solo — "Invocation"  -       -  -  -  Van  Goens 

Mr.  Hans  Hess. 

February  12 — Abraham  Lincoln  Memorial  service. 

The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Messrs.  Krauss  (violin),  de  Mare 
(horn),  Zettelmann  (kettle-drums)  and  Tramonti  (harp). 
Prelude — "Ave  Verum  Corpus"   -       -       -       -  Mozart 

Violin,  horn,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "A  Mighty  Fortress  is  our  God"        -  Luther 

Anthem — "Souls  of  the  Righteous"     -         T.  Tertius  Noble 

Accompanied  by  organ  and  kettle-drums. 
Offertory — "Land  of  Hope  and  Glory"       -       -  Elgar 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  "Lincoln  the  Anointed."  Text, 
"Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  His  anointed,  to  Cyrus,  whose 
right  hand  I  have  holden."     (Isaiah  xlv:  1.) 

All  that  the  Lord  said  to  King  Cyrus  could  be  said  of  Abra- 
ham Lincoln.  Emerson  said,  Lincoln  is  the  true  history 
of  America,  because  he  stood  for  principles  that  were 
more  than  racial,  more  than  national.  Moses  had  forty 
years  of  work  before  he  fulfilled  his  destiny.  Lincoln 
finished  his  work  in  six  years. 

March  12 — 

Prelude — "Berceuse"     ------         Godard 

Violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
.Anthem — "Say,  Watchman,  What  of  the  Night"      Sullivan 
The  Sermon — Theme,  "With  Christ  at  Home."    Rev.  John 

Newton  Freeman,  D.  D. 
Tenor  Solo — "Be  thou  Faithful  Unto  Death"    Mendelssohn 
(From  "St.  Paul.") 
Mr.   Miller,    with   violoncello   obligato   by   Mr.    Hess. 

For  the  successive  Wednesday  evening  services  until  Easter, 
Dr.  Freeman  will  lead  in  the  study  of  Christ's  Words 
from  the  Cross.  Last  Wednesday  evening,  March  9, 
the  topic  was,  "Father  forgive  them"  (St.  Luke  xxiii:34). 
March  15,  "Today  shalt  thou  be  with  Me  in  Paradise"  (St. 
Luke  xxiii:  43).  March  22,  "Woman,  behold  thy  son" 
(St.  John  xix:  25-27).  March  29,  "My  God,  why  hast 
thou  forsaken  Me"  (St.  Mark  xv:  33-36).  April  5,  "I 
thirst"  (St.  John  xix:  28-29).  April  12,  "The  Heart  of 
the  Master"  (St.  Matt.  xxvi:l-13). 

March  26 — 

Prelude — "A  Russian  Hymn"      _       -       -       -  Glinka 

For  flute,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem  for  Lent — "Turn  Ye  Even  Unto  Me"  Godfrey 


jgQ  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Anthem-"Lovely  Appear"  -       -       '       -       ^^°"°°;J 

Offertory— "The  Lord  is  My  Shepherd       -       -       bchubert 

For  women's  voices,  accompanied  by  viola,  flute,  harp 

and  organ. 

The  Sermon— Subject,  "Personal  Power."     Text    "Behold, 

I  will  send  you  Elijah."    (Malachi  iv:  o.)     Rev.  John 

N.  Freeman,  D.  D. 

Duo  for  viola  and  flute-"Confidence"       -  Hasselmans 

Messrs.  Esser  and  Quensel. 

April  2 —  ^    .    ,  ,    .  •  i        n  n 

The   Choir   was   assisted   by   Messrs.    Stemdel    (violoncello), 

Barthel  (oboe)  and  Tramonti  (harp). 

Prelude— "A  Song  of  the  Autumn"     -  Tschaikowsky 

Anthem  for  Lent-"0  Lamb  of  God"         -       -         Gounod 

Passion  Music. 

Aria— "Our  God,  the  Heavenly  Circle  Filling"  Handel 

Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  oboe,  violoncello,  harp 

and  organ. 

Chorale— "I  Will  Stay  Here  Beside  Thee"         -       -     Bach 

Offertory— "O  Lamb  of  God"       -       -       "  „    "       "     ^^^°- 

(From  "The  Mass  in  B  Minor.    ) 

Mrs.  Bracken,  accompanied  by  oboe,  violoncello,  harp 

and  organ. 

Organ  Postlude— "Fugue  in  C  Minor"        -       -       -     Bach 

April  16— Easter  Celebration: 

Cantata— "The  Risen  Christ"       -       -       -       -       -       Otis 

For  solo  voices,  chorus,  orchestra  and  organ. 
Violoncello  Solo— "Adagio  Pathetique"_     -       7  Godard 

The  Sermon- Text,  "I  am  Crucified  with  Christ;  neverthe- 
less 1   Live;   yet  not   I,   but  Christ  liveth    in    me." 
(Galatians  ii:  20.)     Subject,     "The  Prince  of  Life." 
Rev.  John  N.  Freeman,  D.  D. 
VioUn  Solo— "Meditation  Religieuse"         -       -      Massenet, 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude— "Hallelujah  Chorus"        -       -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.   Moore. 

Easter  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamber- 

Hn,  Miss  Margaret  Stevenson,  and  Miss  Nellie  Overpack, 

sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken,  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames, 

Mrs.  F.  F.  Bradley,  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Salchert,  altos;  Mr. 

John  B.  Miller,  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  and  Mr.  Carl  L.  Morse, 

tenors;  Mr.  Oscar  G.  Erickson,  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson, 

and  Mr.  J.  L.  Porter,  basses. 

Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Richard  Seidel  (violins),  Mr. 

Franz  H.  Esser  and  Mr.  George  Dasch  (violas) ,  Mr.  Bruno 

Steindel  (violoncello) ,  Mr.  Hans  Parbs  and  Mr.  V.  Jiskra, 

(double  basses) ,  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute) ,    Mr.  Alfred 

Barthel  (oboe  and  EngHsh  horn),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare, 

(French  horn) ,  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp) ;  Mr.  Joseph 

Zettelmann    (kettle-drums).     Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 

Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 


JOHN   B.  MILLER. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  187 

May  7— The  bulletin  records  the  death,  May  2,  of  Mr.  Adam 
Craig,  for  twenty  years  or  more  the  faithful  leader  of 
music  in  our  Sunday-school. 

May  27 — Saturday.  Through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Wallace 
G.  Clark,  a  Trustee  of  the  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago, 
who  gave  us  the  illustrated  lecture  on  the  Drainage  Canal 
in  the  Church  parlors  on  Thursday  evening.  May  18, 
the  Men's  League  and  its  friends  were  again  highly 
favored  by  him. 

Mr.  Clark  generously  offered  the  use  of  the  Drainage 
Board's  private  launch,  "Robert  R.,"  for  a  trip  through  the 
Canal  and  a  visit  to  the  controlling  works,  locks  and  power 
plant  at  Lockport.  Sixty  members  of  the  League  and  their 
friends  had  a  delightful  and  instructive  outing.  Mr.  Clark 
accompanied  the  party  and  explained  the  elaborate  ma- 
chinery and  engineering  employed  by  the  Sanitary  Board  in 
the  construction  and  operation  of  the  Canal.  A  luncheon 
served  on  the  launch  added  much  to  the  enjoyment  of  the 
occasion. 

May  28— 

Anthem — "Break  Forth  Into  Joy"      -       -       -  Fisher 

Response — "O  Wisdom"        _____  Noble 

Dr.  Freeman's  subject  was,  "The  Root  of  Courage,"  based 
on  the  text,  "Sirs,  be  of  good  cheer."  (Acts  xxvii:  25.) 
Paul,  with  other  prisoners,  on  a  ship  laden  with  corn, 
going  to  Rome,  was  shipwrecked  at  ]\Ielita.  Naval 
men  today  say  that  the  Apostle's  description  of  this 
scene  at  sea  affords  valuable  testimony  as  to  the  char- 
acter of  ancient  seamanship.  Paul  was  virtually  in  com- 
mand of  the  ship  and  here  displayed  courage  of  the  high- 
est order.  Courage  is  a  quality  of  mind,  which  enables 
men,  without  fear,  to  face  danger. 

June  18 — Mrs.  Frances  C.  Libbe  (A.),  in  the  absence  of  Mrs. 
Bracken,  who  has  gone  abroad  for  a  few  months  of  study. 
Offertory — "The  Morning  Prayer."      (From  "Eh.")       Costa 
Mrs.  Libbe. 

June  25— Mr.  Milton  B.  Griffith  (T.)  in  the  absence  of  Mr, 
Miller. 

Offertory — "Light"         _____  Stevenson 

Mr.  Griffith. 

July  2 — Bulletin  announces  the  death,  June  25,  of  Mrs. 
Florence   Otis    Buckingham,    at    Pittsfield,    Mass.     Mrs. 


188  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Buckingham  was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Joseph  E. 
Otis  of  Chicago,  and  is  survived  by  her  husband,  Mr. 
Henry  W.  Buckingham,  one  daughter  and  three  sons. 
She  was  a  sister  of  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Otis,  Jr.,  Mr.  Ralph  C. 
Otis  and  Mrs.  John  E.  Jenkins,  all  of  Chicago. 

Sunday  morning  services  were  held  through  July,  Dr.  Free- 
man in  the  pulpit.  Mrs.  Helen  G.  Barrows  (A.),  and  Mr. 
Edward  J.  Walker  (T.). 

During  August,  the  Sunday  morning  services  were  omitted. 

The  mid-week  services  were  conducted  by  the  Rev.  C.  E. 

Boyer. 

A  series  of  addresses  on  the  Twenty-third  Psalm,  en- 
titled, "Saunterings  in  Bethlehem  Uplands,"  to  be  given  on 
successive  Wednesday  evenings  by  Dr.  Freeman,  was  com- 
menced September  6.  Subject,  "A  Morning  Meal  on  the 
Meadows." 

September  13 — "A  Mid-day  Drink  from  the  Well." 
September  20 — "A  Noonday  Rest  in  the  Shade,"  etc. 
October  22 — 

Prelude — "Andante  in  D"     -       -       -       -       -  Silas 

Offertory — "My  Song  shall  be  alway  Thy  Mercy" 

---------        Mendelssohn 

(From  "The  Hymn  of  Praise.") 
Mrs.  Trimble  and  Mr.  Miller. 

October  28 — Saturday.  Funeral  services  of  Mrs.  John  B. 
Drake,  from  her  late  residence,  2114  Calumet  avenue, 
conducted  by  Dr.  Freeman,  with  the  assistance  of  the 
Choir.  Mrs.  Drake  died  October  25,  1911.  Mrs.  Drake  was 
born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  April  16,  1843;  came  to  Chicago 
in  1855;  married  Mr.  John  B.  Drake,  February  24,  1863; 
had  been  a  member  of  the  First  Church  for  thirty-five 
years.  At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Elders,  Trustees  and 
Deacons  held  Monday  evening,  October  30,  resolutions 
were  adopted,  expressing  t6  the  family  of  Mrs.  John  B. 
Drake,  the  sincere  sympathy  of  the  officers  of  the  Church 
and  their  high  appreciation  of  her  long,  devoted  services, 
her  loyalty  to  the  Church  and  its  interests.  Her  noble 
Christian  character  possessed  a  love  and  tenderness  which 
found  expression  in  quiet,  personal  interest,  devotion  and 
charity,  and  enriched  the  lives  of  all  who  knew  her.  Her 
daughter,  Miss  Helen  V.  Drake,  is  deeply  interested  in 
the  Church  Sunday-school,  Presbyterian  Hospital,  and 
Mission  Boards.      Mr.  Tracy  C.  Drake,  son  of  Mrs.  John 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  189 

B.  Drake,  was  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  for 
some  years;  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees   (1900). 

October  29 — The  bulletin  announced  the  death,  October  21, 
1911,  of  Mrs.  Alexander  Murison,  mother  of  Mrs.  Henry 
M.  Curtis  and  Mr.  George  W.  Murison.  Mrs.  Murison 
was  born  June  22,  1825,  in  Montrose,  Scotland;  came  to 
Chicago  in  1870;  admitted  to  membership  in  the  First 
Church  in  the  autumn  of  1870.  Mr.  Alexander  Murison 
died  March  14,  1876,  in  Rome,  Italy. 

November  5 — The  Special  Musical  Services  were  resumed 
this  morning  for  the  winter  months.  The  regular  Choir 
will  be  assisted  by  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin  and  Mrs. 
F.  E.  Sorensen,  sopranos;  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  and  Miss 
Hazel  Heimbeck,  altos;  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden  (T.),  Mr.  Nor- 
man R.  Rose  (B.),  and  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp). 

The  service  this  morning  consisted  of  selections  from  the 
works  of  Mendelssohn.  Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on,  "His 
gracious  words"  from  the  text, "And  all  bear  Him  witness, 
and  wonder  at  the  gracious  words,"  etc.  (St.  Luke  iv. 
22.)  After  the  sermon,  Mr.  Tramonti  played  the  "Com- 
munion" by  Godefroid,  a  fitting  prelude  to  the  Sacra- 
ment of  the  Lord's  Supper,  which  closed  the  service. 

November  8 — Wednesday  evening.  Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on 
"Foregleams  of  the  Heavenly  Dawn,"  being  the  last  of 
his  mid-week  series  of  addresses  on  "The  Twenty-Third 
Psalm." 

November  12 — 

Anthem — "King,  all  Glorious"     -       -       -       -  Barnby 

Violoncello  Solo— "Aria"       -       _       -       -  Pergolesi 

Mr.  Hans  Hess. 

Offertory— "The  Nazarene"  _       -       -   Joseph  Adams 

Mrs.  Bracken,  accompanied  by  violoncello,  harp  and 

organ. 

Anthem— "Still,  Still  With  Thee"       _       -       -  Foote 

Accompanied   by   flute,    viola,    harp   and   organ. 
Duo  for  flute  and  viola — "A  Russian  Folk  Song"         Glinka 

Messrs.  Quensel  and  Esser. 
Organ  Postlude — "Pilgrims'  Chorus"  ("Tannhauser.") 

___-------       Wagner 

Mr.   Moore. 

November  27 — Monday  evening.  An  illustrated  lecture  on 
"Italy,  her  People,  and  her  Cathedrals,"  was  given  in  the 
parlors  of  the  Church,  by  Mr.  Albert  L.  Berry,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Men's  League  and  was  attended  by  a 
large  representation  of  the  men  and  women  of  the  Con- 
gresration. 


190  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

December  3 — 

Prelude— "Melodie"       -----  Charpentier. 

Flute,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "The  Silent  Sea"  -       -       -       -  Niedlinger 

Accompanied  by  flute,  viola,  harp  and  organ. 
Duo  for  flute  and  viola — "A  Russian  Folk  Song"  (No.  2) 

----------  GUnka 

Messrs.  Quensel  and  Esser,  accompanied  by  harp  and 
organ. 

December  10 — 

Prelude — "Adagietto"   ------  Hollman 

Violoncello  solo,  Mr.  Hess. 

Offertory — "Let  not  your  Heart  be  Troubled"  Ward 

Mr.    Miller,   accompanied   by   violoncello   and  organ. 

Dr.  Freeman  continued  his  series  of  discourses  on  "The  Be- 
atitudes" speaking  today  on  the  seventh,  "Blessed  are 
the  merciful;  for  they  shall  obtain  mercy."  (St.  Matt. 
v:7.) 

December  17 — 

Anthem — "Brightest  and  Best"  -       -       -       -  Manney 

Accompanied  by  violin,  horn,  harp  and  organ. 

Anthem — "Mount  Carmel"  -----  Foote 

For  women's  voices,  accompanied  by  violin,  horn,  harp 

and  organ. 

The  Sermon — Rev.  John  Newton  Freeman,  D.  D.     Subject, 

"The    Eighth    Beatitude,"  "Blessed    are    the    pure    in 

heart;  for  they  shall  see  God."      (St.  Matt,  v:  8.) 

Duo  for  violin  and  horn — "Meditation"     -      Carolus-Duran 

December  24 — Christmas  Celebration: 

Prelude — "Pastorale"     -------        Otis 

Anthem — "Our  Saviour's  Birth"  _       _       -       -        Qtis 

Anthem — "It  Came  upon  the  Midnight  Clear" 

---------       H.  W.  Parker 

Violoncello  Solo — "Romance"      -       -       -  Boellman 

Mr.  Steindel. 

Anthem — "O  Thou  That  Tellest"        -       -       -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mrs.  Bracken  and  chorus. 

Offertory — "If  God  be  for  Us,  Who  can  be  Against  Us" 

----------  Handel 

Mr.  Miller. 

The  Sermon — Rev.  John  Newton  Freeman,  D.  D.      Subject, 

"Echoing  the  Angel  Song;"  text,  "Glory  to  God  in  the 

highest,  and  on  earth,  peace,  good-will  toward  men." 

(St.  Luke  ii:   14.) 

Violin  Solo — "Meditation"    -       -       -       -       Bach-Gounod 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "For  Unto  us  a  Child  is  Born"  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.   Moore. 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Frederick  E.  Soren- 
sen,  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberiin,  and  Miss  Claribelle  Rice, 


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sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken,  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames, 
Miss  Hazel  Heimbeck,  and  Miss  Ethel  Hall,  altos;  Mr. 
John  B.  Miller,  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  and  Mr.  Edward  Munsen, 
tenors;  Mr.  O.  Gordon  Erickson,  Mr.  Norman  R,  Rose, 
and  Mr.  Otto  Highfield,  basses. 
Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Richard  Seidel  (violins),  Mr. 
Franz  H.  Esser  and  Mr.  George  Dasch  (violas),  Mr.  Bruno 
Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  V.  Jiskra  and  Mr.  Hans  Parbs 
(double  basses),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred 
Barthel  (oboe  and  English  horn),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare 
(French  horn),  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph 
Zettelmann  (kettle-drums).  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 
Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

December  31 — 

Cantata — "Wondrous  Words  of  Love"       -       -       -       Otis 

The  regular  Choir  was  assisted  in  this  service  by  Mrs.  Freder- 
ick E.  Sorensen  and  Miss  Claribelle  Rice,  sopranos;  Miss 
Ethel  Hall  and  Miss  Hazel  Heimbeck,  altos;  Mr.  C.  H- 
Ogden  (T.)  and  Mr.  N.  R.  Rose  (B.). 

Messrs.  Krauss  (violin),  Esser  (viola),  Hess  (violoncello), 
de  Mare  (horn),  and  Tramonti  (harp). 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  the  subject,  "God's  Timely  Gift." 
Text,  "A  new  heart  also  will  I  give  you,  and  a  new  spirit 
will  I  put  within  you,"  etc.     (Ezekiel  xxxvi:  26.) 

1912 

The  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble  and  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamber- 
Hn,  sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken  and  Mrs.  James 
C.  Ames,  altos;  Mr.  John  B.  Miller  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden, 
tenors;  Mr.  O.  Gordon  Erickson  and  Mr.  Norman  R. 
Rose,  basses.  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp).  Mr.  Francis 
S.  Moore  (O.).    Mr.   Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

January  28 — 

Prelude — "Pastorale"     ------  Otis 

Anthem  for  Christmas-tide,  "O  Sing  to  God"    -  Gounod 

Carol — "Christ  is  Born,  the  Angels  Sing"  -       -  Otis 
Offertory — "If  God  be  for  Us,  Who  can  be  Against  Us" 

----------  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

Mr.  Miller. 

Duo  for  violin  and  violoncello — "Intermezzo"  -     Pizzi 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  "Established  Steps."  Text,  "Order 
my  steps  in  thy  word."      (Ps.  cxix:  133.) 

Messrs.  Krauss  (violin),  Hess  ('cello)  and  Tramonti  (harp), 
assisted  in  this  service. 


192  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

January  31 — Wednesday  evening.  Mr.  W.  R.  Stirling  gave 
an  informal  talk  to  the  members  of  the  Men's  League 
and  their  friends,  on  "Grenfell  of  Labrador,"  in  the  par- 
lors of  the  Church.  The  lecture  was  illustrated  with 
stereopticon  views.  Last  summer,  Mr.  StirHng  spent  six 
weeks  in  northern  Newfoundland  and  Labrador,  in- 
vestigating Dr.  Grenfell's  work  and  local  conditions,  and 
this  evening  set  forth  the  methods  and  purposes  of  tjtie 
noted  missionary  explorer. 

February  11 — Abraham  Lincoln  Memorial  service: 

Choir  was  assisted  by  Messrs.  Krauss  (violin),  Hess  (violon- 
cello), de  Mare  (horn),  Zettelmann  (drums),  and  Tramonti 
(harp) . 

Prelude — "Largo"       _______  Handel 

Violin  solo,  Mr.  Krauss 

Anthem — "See,  the  Conquering  Hero  Comes"         -  Handel 

Offertory — "Land  of  Hope  and  Glory"  -       -        -  Elgar 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  "Lincoln  the  Dedicated."  Text, 
"Neither  count  I  my  life  dear  unto  myself,  so  that  I 
might  finish  my  course  with  joy."     (Acts  xx:  24.) 

March  24 — The  Choir  was  assisted  by  Messrs.  Krauss  (violin), 
de  Mare  (horn),  and  Tramonti  (harp). 

Prelude — "Romance"    -----  Saint-Saens 

Solo  for  horn,  Mr.  de  Mare. 

Offertory — "Mount  Carmel"         -       -       -       -  Foote 

For   women's   voices,    accompanied   by   violin,    horn, 

harp  and  organ. 

Violin  Solo — "Harp  Aria"  (From  "Esther.")     -         Handel 

Mr.  Krauss,  accompanied  by  harp  and  organ. 

March  31— 

Prelude — "Reverie"       ------  Ganne 

Oboe,  'cello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Blessed  Jesus"     -----         Dvorak 

Passion  Music. 
Aria — "Our  God,  the  Heavenly  Circle  Filling"  Handel 

Mrs.  Trimble. 
Chorale— "I  Will  Stay  Here  Beside  Thee"         -  Bach 

Accompanied  by  oboe,  'cello,  harp  and  organ. 
The  Sermon — Rev.  John  N.  Freeman,  D.  D.     Text,  "Took 
branches  of  palm  trees  and  went  out  to  meet  Him  and 
cried,  'Hosanna.'  "      (St.  John  xii:  13.) 
Duo  for  English  horn  and  violoncello,   "Cantilene" 

---------  Boisdeffre 

Messrs.  Barthel  and  Steindel. 

Organ  Postlude — "Festival  March"     -       -  Claussman 

Mr.   Moore. 


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April  7 — Easter  Celebration : 

Cantata — "The  Risen  Christ"       -----       Otis 

For    solo    voices,    chorus,    orchestra    and    organ. 
Violoncello  Solo — "Berceuse"       _       -       -       -         Godard 

Mr.  Steindel. 
The  Sermon — Rev.  John  N.  Freeman,  D.  D.     Subject,  "The 
Life  Triumphant."     Text,  "Whom  God  hath  raised  up, 
having  loosed  the  pains  of  death."      (Acts  ii:  24.) 
Violin  Solo — "Meditation  Religieuse"  ("Thais")      Massenet 

Mr.  Krauss. 
Organ  Postlude — "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"     ("The  Mes- 
siah")      --------  Handel 

Mr.  Moore. 

The  Easter  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Lucille  R. 
Lenox,  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin,  and  Miss  Claribelle 
Rice,  sopranos;  Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken,  Miss  Ethel 
Hall,  Miss  Lyravinne  Votaw,  and  Miss  Melicent  Water- 
house,  altos;  Mr.  John  B.  Miller,  Mr.  C.  H.  Ogden,  and 
Mr.  Edv^rard  Munsen,  tenors;  Mr.  O.  Gordon  Erickson, 
Mr.  Norman  R.  Rose,  and  Mr.  Edward  Quinn,  basses. 

Mr.  Alexander  Krauss  and  Mr.  Richard  Seidel  (violins),  Mr. 
Franz  H.  Esser  and  Mr.  George  Dasch  (violas),  Mr.  Bruno 
Steindel  (violoncello),  Mr.  Hans  Parbs  and  Mr.  V.  Jiskra 
(double  basses),  Mr.  Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred 
Barthel  (oboe  and  English  horn),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare 
(French  horn),  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph 
Zettelmann  (kettle-drums).  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.). 
Mr.  Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

April  11 — Thursday  evening.  Lecture  in  the  parlors  of  the 
Church,  before  the  Men's  League,  on  "The  History  of  the 
Pilgrims,"  by  Mr.  Seymour  Morris.  The  lecture  was 
beautifully  illustrated  with  colored  views  of  England  and 
Holland,  where  the  Pilgrim  Movement  started,  and  of 
that  portion  of  America  where  the  Pilgrims  made  their 
first  settlement. 

April  21 — Memorial  service  for  victims  of  the  "Titanic" 
disaster. 

Anthem — "Happy  and   Blest  are  They"     ("St.  Paul") 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Response — "Crossing  the  Bar"     -       -       -       -  Parry 

Dr.  Freeman's  theme  was,  "Singer  and  Song  Master."  Text, 
"I  will  allure  her  and  bring  her  into  the  wilderness." 
(Hosea  ii:  14.) 

Only  the  brave,  the  buoyant,  the  cheerful  can  sing  in  the 
hour  of  peril.  Paul  and  Silas  in  their  dungeon;  Rutherford, 
the  English  martyr  in  prison;  and  Mme.  Guyon  in  the  Bastille, 


194  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

all  sang,  knowing  they  were  facing  death.  The  whole  of  ihis 
awful  sea  drama  was  in  a  quiet,  reposeful  tonaUty;  no  ex- 
citement, no  insubordination.  Survivors  in  the  boats  and 
those  on  the  ship,  singing  with  the  band,  "Nearer,  my  God, 
to  Thee."  Astor,  Butt,  Strauss  Ryerson,  Captain  Smith- 
all  died  bravely,  upholding  the  traditions  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 
race,  "Noblesse  Oblige." 

May  5 — The  bulletin  announces  the  death  on  April  26,  at 
the  Sanitarium  in  Hinsdale,  Illinois,  of  Dr.  Daniel  Kim- 
ball Pearsons,  philanthropist  and  a  former  Trustee  of 
this  Church,  who  has  given  six  million  dollars  to  schools 
and  colleges  in  the  United  States.  He  was  born,  April 
14,  1820,  in  Bradford,  Vt.  This  farmer's  boy  inherited 
no  money,  but  managed,  by  hard  work,  to  save  a  little, 
with  which  he  acquired  a  year  of  study  at  Dartmouth 
College.  Then  he  studied  medicine  at  Hanover,  N.  H., 
and  afterward  attended  a  medical  school  at  Woodstock, 
Vt.  In  1851,  he  was  married,  and  with  his  wife,  came  to 
Janesville,  Wis.  The  young  Yankee  doctor,  not  satis- 
fied with  the  returns  from  medical  practice,  put  all  his 
money  into  farming  lands.  The  Chicago  Tribune  said 
of  him : 

"He  bought  timber  lands,  when  timber  was  worth  but 
little.  His  friends  said  he  would  lose  all  the  money  he  had, 
but  he  kept  right  on  buying.  Finally  he  had  all  the  loose 
timber  lands  he  could  buy.  Then  his  friends  came  back  to 
him  to  buy  the  timber.  He  sold  it  for  more  than  he  paid  for 
the  land  and  timber,  and  then  sold  the  land  itself  for  an 
additional  profit.  His  dollars  grew  into  hundreds — hundreds 
into  thousands — thousands  into  millions." 

Dr.  Pearsons  said  to  a  Tribune  reporter  a  few  weeks  be- 
fore his  death: 

"I  know  what  money  means  and  how  hard  it  is  to  ac- 
quire. I  know  it  is  a  sin  to  waste  money;  for  it  can  do  much 
good.  When  money  is  not  doing  positive  good,  it  is  doing 
positive  harm.     There  is  no  such  thing  as  harmless  idleness." 

Dr.  Pearsons  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
this  Church  from  October,  1871,  until  December,  1885.  At 
a  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society,  held  December  9,  1885, 
the  following  resolution,  offered  by  Mr.  H.  M.  Sherwood,  was 
adopted : 

"That  the  thanks  of  this  Church  and  Society  are  due  to 
and  are  hereby  tendered  Dr.  Daniel  K.  Pearsons,  who  was 


DANIEL    KIMHALI.    PEAKS<»XS. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  195 

President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  several  years  (until 
his  recent  removal  to  a  suburban  town),  for  his  faithful  and 
devoted  services,  wise  counsel  and  liberal  gifts,  especially 
during  the  financial  distress  of  this  Church." 

April  28— 

Prelude — "Vorspiel"     ("Lohengrin")  -       -         Wagner 

Anthem — "The  Hour  of  Prayer"         _       _       _  Scott 

The  Journal  says,  "A  wet,  cold  day."  Dr.  Freeman's  subject, 
drawn  from  Daniel  iii:  18,  "But  if  not,  *  *  *  we  will 
not  serve  thy  gods,"  etc.  Watson,  the  English  poet,  in 
a  recent  lecture  before  the  Twentieth  Century  Club  of  this 
city,  spoke  of  the  Bible  stories  as  unsurpassed  for 
poetic  beauty,  picturesqueness,  and  conformity  to  the 
highest  form  of  dramatic  action.  This  is  especially  true 
of  the  stories  of  Ruth,  Esther,  and  Daniel.  "Whether 
the  third  chapter  of  Daniel,"  said  Dr.  Freeman,  "be 
history  or  romance,  the  dramatic  features  are  intense. 
Here  we  have  true  manhood,  true  courage.  The  real 
heroes  of  this  world,  men  and  women,  have  stood  for 
Christian  faith." 

May  12 — Choir  assisted  by  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin  (S.), 
Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  (A.)  and  Mr.  Hans  Hess  (violon- 
cello) . 

Prelude — "Aria"     -------        Pergolesi 

Violoncello  solo,  Mr.  Hess. 
Anthem — "There  is  a  Fountain"  -       _       _       _       otis 

Accompanied  by  violoncello  and  organ. 
Violoncello  Solo — "Elegie"   -       -       -       -  Massenet 

Mr.  Hess. 

June  9 — Children's  Day.  Exercises  under  the  direction  of 
Col.  Charles  Ailing,  Jr.,  Superintendent  of  the  Home 
School,  and  Col.  J.  M.  Emery,  of  the  Railroad  Mission 
School. 

Offertory — "Grasses  and  Lilies"  -       -       -       -        Bartlett 
Mrs.  Bracken. 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  about  "The  Growing  Lilies."  Text,  "And 
why  take  ye  thought  for  raiment?  Consider  the  lilies 
of  the  field,  how  they  grow."     (St.  Matt,  vi:  28.) 

June  16 — Miss  Martha  Jones  (S.)  in  the  absence  of  Mrs. 
Trimble. 

Prelude — "In  Paradise"         -       -       -       _  _           Dubois 

Anthem — "The  Lord  is  My  Light"      -       -  Maitland 

Offertory — "Angelus"    -----  Chaminade 

Miss  Jones  and  Mrs.  Bracken. 


190  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Dr.  Freeman's  subject  was  "My  Possible  Self."  Text,  "Now 
if  I  do  that  I  would  not."      (Rom.  vii:  20.) 

The  shortest  word  in  the  English  language  is  the  pronoun 
"I."  "Your  own  soul,  the  Ego,"  "your  possible  self" 
did  not  commit  that  particular  wrong  which  troubled 
you,  but  it  was  "the  sin  which  dwelleth  in  me."  "It 
might  have  been,"  is  a  sad  thought,  when  we  reflect  on 
wasted  opportunities,  the  friends  we  might  have  made, 
the  good  we  should  have  done.  This  is  what  the  Apostle 
means.  It  is  a  trying  moment  when  a  man  comes  face 
to  face  with  his  "possible  self." 

June  19— Wednesday  evening.  Special  meeting  of  the 
Church  and  Society.  The  report  of  the  Joint  Committee 
of  the  First  and  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian  Churches 
was  presented  by  Mr.  S.  Leonard  Boyce,  chairman,  and 
on  motion  received.  After  discussion  it  was  voted  to 
postpone  action  on  the  report  until  the  Annual  Meeting, 
December  2,  1912.  On  motion,  a  special  committee  of 
five  women  and  four  men  was  appointed  to  investigate 
the  plan  of  building  a  new  Church  in  Kenwood,  and  to 
report  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  December. 

June  23 — Sunday  afternoon,  Second  Presbyterian  Church; 
funeral  services  of  Mr.  William  Morris  Baker,  conducted 
by  the  Rev.  John  B.  Shaw,  D.  D.  Mr.  Baker  died  June  20, 
aged  seventy -six.  My  friendship  with  him  dates  from  the 
days  of  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church  (1868-1871).  After 
the  consoHdation  of  the  First  and  Calvary  Presbyterian 
Churches,  Mr.  Baker  withdrew  to  the  Second  Church, 
and  in  1888  was  elected  an  Elder.  "In  such  a  life  as  his," 
said  Dr.  Shaw,  "we  find  a  picture  of  Thyself,  O  Lord; 
sincerity,  piety,  and  fidelity." 

June  24 — Monday,  4:00  P.  M.  Wedding  ceremony  of  Mr. 
Addison  Ballard  Bradley  and  Miss  Catherine  D.  Shedd 
in  the  First  Church,  conducted  by  the  Rev.  John  Archi- 
bald Morison,  D.  D.,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  John  Newton 
Freeman,  D.  D.  Dr.  Morison  came  from  his  home  in 
St.  John,  N.  B.,  Canada,  to  take  part  in  this  wedding. 

He  was  present  at  the  prayer  service  in  the  evening,  and 
was  welcomed  by  many  of  his  old  friends. 

June  30 — Mrs.  Ruby  C.  Ledward  (S.)  in  the  absence  of  Mrs. 
Trimble,  Mr.  William  B.  Ross  (T.),  in  the  absence  of  Mr. 
Miller,  and  Mr.  Albert  Borroff  (B.)  in  the  absence  of 
Mr.  Erickson. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  197 

Offertory — "It  is  Enough"   (From  "Elijah")      Mendelssohn 

Mr.  Borroff. 
Anthem — "Like  Noah's  Weary  Dove."       -       -       -       Otis 

July  14 — Mr.  Albert  DeRiemer  (B.)  in  the  absence  of  Mr. 
Erickson. 

Anthem — "The  Righteous  Shall  Flourish"         -  Calkin 

Offertory — "How  Long,  O  Lord  Wilt  Thou  Forget  Me" 

----------  Rogers 

Mr.  DeRiemer. 
The  Sermon — Rev.    John    Newton    Freeman,    D.    D.     Text, 
"And  they  continued  steadfastly  in  the  Apostles'  doc- 
trine and  fellowship."     (Acts  ii:  42.)    Subject,  "Teach- 
ing and  Fellowship." 

July  28 — All  the  Choir  numbers  from  the  works  of  Mr.  Philo 
Adams  Otis. 

Prelude — "Benedictus." 

Anthem — "The  Glories  of  the  Messiah." 

Anthem — "There  is  a  Fountain  Filled  with  Blood." 

Offertory — "I  will  Never  Leave  Thee." 

Sermon — Rev.  John  Newton  Freeman,  D.  D.      Text,  "Send 

thee  help  from  the  sanctuary."      (Ps.  xx:  2.)      Subject, 

"Sanctuary  Help." 
Anthem — "Like  Noah's  Weary  Dove." 
Postlude — Prelude  to  Christmas  Cantata,  "Wondrous  Words 

of  Love." 

Mr.   Moore. 

During  the  month  of  August  and  until  September  8,  the 
Sunday  morning  services  were  omitted. 

Our  vacation  days  were  again  spent  among  the  mountains 
of  New  Hampshire.  On  our  return  from  summer  wander- 
ings, we  spent  a  few  days  in  New  York  City. 

September  29 — 10:30  A.  M.     Service  at  the  Brick  Presby- 
terian Church,  New  York  City,  of  which  the  Rev.  William 
Pierson  Merrill,  D.  D.,  formerly  of  the  Sixth  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Chicago,  is  Minister,  and  ]\Ir.  Clarence  Dickin- 
son, another  Chicago  man,  is  organist  and  choirmaster. 
Prelude — "Third  Symphony"       -       _       _       _      Guilmant 
Anthem — "The  One  Hundred  and  Twentv-First  Psalm"  Otis 
Offertory~"0  God  Have  Mercy"   (Froni  "St.  Paul.") 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Mr.  Croxton. 
Postlude — "Canzona"    ------        Gabrieli 

Mr.  Dickinson. 

In  the  absence  of  Dr.  Merrill,  the  Rev.  John  Winthrop  Plat- 
ner,  D.  D.,  of  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  was  the 
preacher.  Dr.  Platner  called  attention  to  two  directly 
contradictory  verses  in  the  Scriptures:  "That  which  is 
crooked  cannot  be  made  straight,"  (Ecc.  i:  15).  "The 
crooked  shall  be  made  straight,"  (Isaiah  xl:  4). 


198  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

The  Old  Testament  is  not  a  mere  record  of  dates  and  events. 
It  is  a  portrayal  of  thoughts,  actions,  and  deeds  which 
are  typical  of  human  life  today.  These  two  voices  from 
ancient  Jewish  history  show  two  attitudes  of  mankind. 
Ecclesiastes  bewails  the  endless  monotony  of  human  life. 
Everything  is  wrong,  nothing  is  right.  The  crooked  will 
remain  crooked!  Nothing  new  or  good  under  the  sun! 
All  is  vanity,  saith  the  preacher!     A  sombre  picture  this! 

But  Isaiah  is  more  hopeful  and  gives  a  brighter  tone  to  life. 
Wrongs  will  be  corrected.  The  Messiah  is  coming  and 
the  prophet  declared  that  there  is  no  Hmit  to  what  the 
living  God  can  achieve. 

"Every  valley  shall  be  exalted  and  every  mountain  and  hill 
shall  be  made  low;  and  the  crooked  shall  be  made 
straight."  These  two  oracles  frorp  ancient  days  are  akin 
to  the  "Everlasting  Yes"  and  "Everlasting  No"  of  Carlyle. 

October  6 — Mr.  Erickson  (B.)  resumed  his  place  in  the 
Choir  last  Sunday,  September  29. 

Prelude — "Adagio"         -----  Saint-Saens 

Offertory — "It  is  Enough."    (From  "Elijah.")   Mendelssohn 

Mr.  Erickson. 

October  27 — 

Prelude — "In  Paradise"         -----  Dubois 

Anthem — "Hail  to  the  Lord's  Anointed"  -       -       Andrews 
Anthem — "This  is  the  Hour  of  Prayer"      -       -  Scott 

Offertory — "Hohest,    Breathe  an   Evening   Blessing" 

---------      John  E.  West 

Mrs.  Bracken. 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  "The  Parable  of  the  Lamp."  Text, 
"Neither  do  men  light  a  candle."  (St.  Matt.  v.  15.)  The 
illustrations  used  by  Christ  and  his  Apostles  are  of  a 
homely  character,  such  as  come  within  the  daily  exper- 
ience of  their  followers.  "Lamp,"  "candlestick,"  "candle," 
"bushel,"  are  the  ordinary  articles  used  in  every  Jewish 
household.  The  text  is  one  of  a  cluster  of  sayings  of  our 
Lord,  which  reflect  the  truth  at  various  angles.  The 
Minister  drew  three  thoughts  from  the  text:  (1)  "The 
Lighted  Candle."  (2)  "Harmful  Hiding."  (3)  "Helpful 
Shining." 

November  10 — 

Prelude — "In  Summer"         -       _       _       _       _  Stebbins 

Anthem — "While  we  have  Time"        -       -      H.  W.  Parker 

Offertory — "The  Ninety  and  Nine"     _       _       _  Campion 

Mr.  Miller. 

Postlude — "Festival  Piece"  -----  Stebbins 

The  Minister  spoke  on  the  theme — "He  and  All  His."  Text, 
"And  was  baptized,  he  and  all  his,  straightway."     (Acts 


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xvi:  33).  A  similar  thought  is  expressed  by  Joshua: 
"As  for  me  and  my  house,  we  will  serve  the  Lord."  The 
ideal  Church  consists  of  members  of  the  ideal  home, 
whose  head  "and  all  his"  serve  the  Lord.  Three  points 
were  noted  by  Dr.  Freeman:  (1)  "The  family  is  the 
foundation  of  Church  and  State."  (2)  "Headship."  (3) 
"Reciprocity,  in  order  that  members  of  the  family  should 
live  and  work  together  for  the  best  interests  of  all." 

November  17 — The  Special  Musical  Services  are  resumed,  to 
continue  until  December  29,  at  which  time  the  com- 
mittee on  the  new  Church  will  be  ready  to  report. 

Mrs.  Clara  G.Trimble, Miss  Mabel  J.Chamberlin,  and  MissClari- 
belle  Rice,  sopranos;  Mrs.  W.  S.  Bracken,  Mrs.  James  C. 
Ames,  and  Miss  Lyravinne  Votaw,  altos;  Mr.  John  B. 
Miller  and  Mr.  Walter  H.  Chambers,  tenors;  Mr.  O.  Gor- 
don Erickson  and  Mr.  John  B.  Plasman,  basses. 
Prelude — "Andante  in  D"     -       -       -       -       -  Hollins 

Trio — "One  by  One  the  Sands  are  Flowing"      -  Scott 

Mrs.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Bracken,  and  Mr.  Miller. 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  "Christ  for  Our  Country,"  the  first  of 
a  series  of  sermons  on  "Timely  Themes,"  to  continue 
until  December  29. 

November  24— The  Choir,  assisted  by  Mr.  Hans  Hess  (violon- 
cello) and  Mi:.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp). 

Prelude — 1.   "Adagio  con  Moto"  -       -  Saint-Saens 

Violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
2.   Harp  solo,  "Romance"  -       -    ,       Rubinstein 
Mr.  Tramonti. 
Anthem — "Henceforth,  when  ye  Hear  His  Voice" 

---------        Mendelssohn 

Solo  for  violoncello — "Aria"  _       _       _  Pergolesi 

Mr.  Hess. 

Offertory — "Teach  Me,  O  Lord"  _       _       _         Manney 

Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  violoncello,  harp  and 

organ. 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Edgar  P.  Hill,  D.  D.,  on  the  subject  of 
Home  Missions. 

December  1 — 

Prelude — "Benedictus"  ______       otis 

Violin,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "The  Eternal  God  is  Thy  Refuge"  John  E.  West 

Accompanied  by  vioHn,  violoncello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "The  Silent  Sea"  -       -       -       _  Niedlinger 

Offertory— "Eventide"  _       _       _       _      John  E.  West 

Mrs.    Bracken,    accomjjanied    by    vioHn,    violoncello, 
harp  and  organ. 
Duo   for   violin  and  violoncello — "A  Song  without  Words" 
------____  Faure 

Messrs.  Krauss  and  Hess. 


200  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  "The  Mystic  Ladder,"  the  second  of 
his  series  of  discourses  on  "Timely  Themes."  Text,  "And 
he  dreamed,  and  behold  a  ladder,"  etc.  (Gen.  xxviii: 
12.) 

December  2 — Monday,  8  P.  M.  Annual  meeting  of  the 
Church  and  Society.  On  motion,  Mr.  Henry  W.  Dudley 
was  made  chairman  of  the  meeting,  and  Mr.  Henry  H. 
Munger,  Secretary.  The  report  of  the  Treasurer,  Mr. 
Charles  T.  Otis,  was  then  read  and  accepted.  The  Sec- 
retary of  the  meeting  was  authorized  to  cast  the  ballot 
for  the  former  Board  of  Trustees;  Messrs.  S.  Leonard 
Boyce,  Charles  T.  Otis,  Philo  A.  Otis,  E.  C.  Greenman, 
and  William  Sumner  Smith.  On  motion,  the  following 
Music  Committee  was  appointed:  Messrs.  Philo  A.  Otis, 
Ernest  A.  Hamill,  and  Francis  S.  Moore.  The  Chairman 
then  called  for  the  report  of  the  committee  on  new 
building,  appointed  at  the  meeting  held  June  19.  Miss 
Helen  V.  Drake,  chairman  of  said  committee,  reported 
that  after  earnest,  faithful,  and  self-sacrificing  efforts, 
the  funds  could  not  be  raised  for  the  new  Church,  and  on 
behalf  of  the  committee,  tendered  their  resignations. 

Miss  Margaretta  E.  Otis,  Treasurer  of  the  committee,  then 
reported  that  in  cash  and  pledges  (conditional),  the 
committee  had  received  upwards  of  $83,000  only.  On 
motion,  the  report  was  accepted  and  an  unanimous  vote 
of  thanks  was  given  to  the  committee. 

The  meeting  thereupon  sustained  by  ballot,  the  report  of  the 
Joint  Committee,  adopted  June  7,  1912,  favoring  the 
union  with  the  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  instructing  the  Session  and  Trustees  to  carry  out 
the  provisions  of  the  report. 

December  8 — 

Prelude — "Romance"     -----  Saint-Saens 

Solo  for  horn,   Mr.  de  Mare,  accompanied  by  violin, 
harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "The  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  Psalm" 

-----------       Otis 

Anthem — "Mount  Carmel"  -----  Foote 

For   women's   voices,   accompanied   by   violin,    horn, 
harp  and  organ. 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Charles  L.  Thompson,  D.  D.,  of  New 
York  City,  on  the  general  work  of  Home  Missions.  Text, 
"And  when  the  cherubims  went,  the  wheels  went  by 
them."  (Ezekiel  x:  16.)  The  preacher  suggested  three 
thoughts  in  this  sermon:  (1)  The  complex  social  prob- 
lems facing  the  people  of  the  United  States  today  are  of 


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the  gravest  character.  No  nation  was  ever  confronted 
with  such  a  condition.  The  United  States  is  spoken  of 
as  "The  Melting  Pot,"  of  the  world.  (2)  CiviHzation  is 
advancing  with  such  tremendous  strides  that  it  will  soon 
outstrip  the  capabiHties  of  man.  (3)  The  first  note  of 
socialism  was  sounded  in  the  last  election.  The  preacher 
closed  with  the  hope  that  a  higher  type  of  manhood  may 
be  evolved  out  of  the  conglomerate  mass  of  aliens  now 
pouring  into  the  United  States.  He  referred  to  the 
tragic  scenes  he  had  witnessed  in  the  office  of  the  Emi- 
gration Bureau  on  Ellis  Island,  New  York,  amid  the 
efforts  of  the  authorities  to  keep  out  the  undesirables. 

Duo  for  violin  and  horn — "A  Dream"         -       -  Faure 

Messrs.  Krauss  and  de  Mare. 

Organ  Postlude — "Marche  du  Synode"       -  Saint-Saens 

Mr.  Moore. 

December  15 — 

Prelude — "Serenade"     ------  Tittl 

For  flute,  horn,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem— "Sing  a  Song  of  Praise"       -       -      John  E.  West 
Offertory — "Whoso  Hath  this  World's  Good"  -       -       Otis 

Accompanied  by  flute,  horn,  harp  and  organ. 
Duo  for  flute  and  horn — "Confidence"       -  Hasselmans 

Messrs.  Quensel  and  de  Mare,  accompanied  by  harp 
and  organ. 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  "Invisible  Allies,"  the  third  of  the 
series  of  sermons  on  "Timely  Themes."  Text,  "And 
they  went  forth  and  preached  everywhere."  (St.  Mark 
xvi:20.) 

December  22 — 

Prelude — "Reverie"       ------  Ganne 

Oboe,  'cello,  harp  and  organ. 
Anthem — "Calm  on  the  List'ning  Ear  of  Night" 

---------      H.  W.  Parker 

Carol — "Christ  is  Born,  the  Angels  Sing"  -       -       -       Otis 

Offertory — "A  Light  from  Heaven"    -       -       -         Gounod 

Mrs.  Trimble,  accompanied  by  oboe,  'cello,  harp  and 

organ. 

Duo  for  EngUsh  horn  and  'cello — "Cantilene"         Boisdeffre 

Messrs.  Barthel  and  Steindel. 

Dr.  Freeman  spoke  on  "White  gifts  for  Christ,"  the  fourth  of 
the  series  on  "Timely  Themes."  Text,  "And  when  they 
had  opened  their  treasures,  they  presented  unto  Him 
gifts."     (St.  Matt,  ii:  11.) 

December  29— Christmas  Celebration.  Union  service,  in 
which  the  members  of  the  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian 
Church,  with  their  Minister,  the  Rev.  William  Chalmers 


202  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Covert,  D.  D.,  took  part;  the  last  service  in  this  build- 
ing, which  was  dedicated  February  6,  1873. 
Cantata — "Wondrous  Words  of  Love"       -       -       -       Otis 

For  solo  voices,  chorus,  orchestra  and  organ. 
Violoncello  Solo— "The  Song  of  the  Shepherds"       -       Otis 

Mr.  Steindel. 
VioHn  Solo— "Meditation"    _       -       -       -  Massenet 

Mr.  Krauss. 

Organ  Postlude — "The  Hallelujah  Chorus"        -  Handel 

(From  "The  Messiah.") 

The  Christmas  Choir:  Mrs.  Clara  G.  Trimble,  Mrs.  Lucille  R. 
Lenox,  Miss  Mabel  J.  Chamberlin,  Miss  Claribelle  Rice, 
Miss  Hilda  Brown,  and  Miss  Ruth  Sharp,  sopranos;  Mrs, 
Willard  S.  Bracken,  Miss  Lyravinne  Votaw,  Miss  Edna 
Wilson,  Miss  May  Welch,  and  Mrs.  Huldah  Beers,  altos; 
Mr.  John  B.Miller,  Mr.  Edward  Munsen,  and  Mr.  Walter 
Chambers,  tenors;  Mr.  O.  Gordon  Erickson,  Mr.  John  B. 
Plasman,  Mr.  David  Merriam,  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkin- 
son, basses. 

The  orchestra  (Chicago  Symphony) :  Mr.  Alexander  Krauss, 
Mr.  Richard  Seidel,  Mr.  Alexander  Zukowsky,  and  Mr. 
Luther  Nurnberger  (violins),  Mr.  Franz  H.  Esser  and  Mr. 
George  Dasch  (violas),  Mr.  Bruno  Steindel  (violoncello), 
Mr.  V.  Jiskra  and  Mr.  Hans  Parbs  (double  basses),  Mr. 
Alfred  Quensel  (flute),  Mr.  Alfred  Barthel  (oboe  and  Eng- 
lish horn),  Mr.  Leopold  de  Mare  and  Mr.  Max  Pottag, 
(horns),  Mr.  Enrico  Tramonti  (harp),  Mr.  Joseph  Zettel- 
mann,  (kettle-drums).  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  (O.).  Mr. 
Philo  Adams  Otis,  choirmaster. 

Dr.  Freeman's  theme  was  "A  Glorious  Inventory."  Text, 
"Therefore  let  no  man  glory  in  men;  for  all  things  are 
yours."  (I  Cor.  iii:  21,  22.)  The  Minister  reviewed  the 
work  of  the  Church  in  its  eighty  years  of  life,  referring 
especially  to  the  five  houses  of  worship  it  has  occupied 
since  its  foundation  in  1833.  He  paid  a  glowing  tribute 
to  the  founder,  Jeremiah  Porter,  and  the  eight  Ministers 
who  succeeded  him;  all  of  whom  have  passed  away,  ex- 
cepting John  Archibald  Morison,  now  of  St.  John,  N.  B., 
Canada.  Dr.  Covert,  of  the  Forty-first  Street  Presby- 
terian Church,  followed;  "Morturi  te  salutamus."  "The 
First  Church  will  live,  will  be  given  a  newness  of  life, 
will  become  of  greater  community  service.  This  crisis 
is  only  another  step,  another  of  the  many  crises  that  the 
Church  has  met  courageously."  Dr.  Covert  was  most 
enthusiastic  as  he  spoke  of  the  future  of  the  new  First 
Church  in  the  great  field  at  Forty-first  street,  "already 
white  for  harvest." 


PULPIT  AXD  CHOIR.  203 

The  Chicago  Record-Herald  said,  on  Monday,  December 
30,  of  the  above  service : 

"The  music  yesterday,  with  Alexander  Krauss,  Bruno 
Steindel,  Enrico  Tramonti,  Joseph  Zettelmann.  and  many 
others  of  the  Thomas  Orchestra,  and  with  Mrs.  Clara  G. 
Trimble,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Bracken,  Mr.  John  B.  Miller,  and  Mr.  O. 
Gordon  Erickson  as  soloists,  in  itself  was  a  tribute  to  the 
Choirmaster,  of  nearly  half  a  century— Philo  Adams  Otis." 


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PULPIT  AND  CHOIR 

The  foregoing  pages  are  gathered  from  the  Choir  Journals 
which  date  from  1875,  and  cover  thirty-seven  years  in  the 
life  of  this  historic  Church.  Data  of  this  kind  are  not  usually 
kept  by  Churches  in  America.  But  in  the  Cathedrals  of  Eng- 
land it  is  the  duty  of  an  official  known  as  the  Succentor  to 
keep  such  a  record  and  to  make  an  annual  report  to  the 
Dean  and  Chapter.  In  closing  these  records  of  "Pulpit  and 
Choir"  in  the  old  building  at  Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty- 
first  street,  the  Choirmaster  takes  this  occasion  to  express 
his  gratitude  for  the  opportunity  he  has  been  afforded  to  carry 
out  long  cherished  plans  for  a  higher  order  of  music  in  our  Sun- 
day worship.  The  sincere  thanks  of  the  Music  Committee  are 
also  conveyed  to  the  men  and  women  of  the  Congregation  who 
have  generously  undertaken  the  cost  of  the  Special  Musical 
Services. 

The  suggestion  for  the  unusual  combination  of  voices 
and  instruments  we  have  heard  in  our  Church  in  recent  years, 
comes  from  the  village  Choir  of  my  childhood,  when  three 
manual-organs  were  unknown  and  the  only  instruments  heard 
in  Church,  were  the  tuning  fork,  flute,  and  bass  viol.  To  re- 
produce these  effects  in  later  years  with  the  aid  of  the  first 
artists  of  the  Thomas  Orchestra  has  been  one  of  the  pleasures 
of  my  life.  From  the  half  lights  of  those  simple  days  with 
the  village  choristers,  we  have  passed  into  the  rich  glow  of 
the  twentieth  century,  with  its  brilliancy  and  glory  of  in- 
strument and  song.  Those  who  have  heard  Tschaikowsky's 
"Hymn  to  the  Autumn,"  Glinka's  "Russian  Folk  Songs," 
Mozart's  "Ave  Verum  Corpus,"  Handel's  "Harp  Aria,"  and 
"Passion  Music,"  with  the  rare  combination  of  instruments 
employed,  will  accept  Dr.  Merrill's  tribute  to  the  value  of 
Church  music : 

"You  cannot  attend  the  worship  of  a  Church  without 
being  brought  into  contact  with  two  wonderful  collections  of 
the  expressed  thought  and  feeling  of  man — the  Bible  and  the 
hymnal.  They  are  full  storehouses  of  noble  aspiration  and 
pure  expression. 

Beyond  the  beauty  and  power  of  the  hymns,  what  an 


MRS    WILLARD   S.  BRACKEN. 


PULPIT  AND  CHOIR.  205 

educational  value  is  in  the  music  of  the  Church.  And  it  is  in 
the  Church  that  we  get  music  at  its  best.  In  the  simplest 
worthy  setting  of  hymn  or  anthem,  there  is  the  same  essential 
grace  of  form  that  charms  us  in  symphony  or  sonata."^ 

The  Choirmaster  desires  further  to  express  to  the  prin- 
cipal members  of  the  Choir  his  appreciation  of  their  cordial 
sympathy  and  loyal  support : 

Mrs.  Clara  Griffith  Trimble  came  to  the  First  Church, 
May  2,  1897,  from  Plymouth  Congregational  Church,  where 
she  had  been  engaged  for  five  years.  Her  home  is  in 
Ottawa,  111.,  but  she  spends  much  of  her  time  in  Chicago, 
in  teaching  and  professional  work. 

Mrs.  Willard  S.  Bracken  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Choir  since  October  16,  1904.  She  is  well  known  in  the  con- 
cert field,  having  appeared  with  the  Handel  and  Haydn  So- 
ciety of  Boston,  in  the  "Messiah,"  with  the  Apollo  Musical 
Club  of  Chicago,  and  with  the  Thomas  Orchestra  on  its  tours. 
Mrs.  Bracken  is  President  of  the  Cosmopolitan  School  of 
Music  of  Chicago,  and  is  a  member  (1913)  of  the  present 
Choir  of  the  First  Church. 

Mr.  John  B.  Miller  came  to  the  First  Church  Choir 
November  20,  1910.  He  is  well  known  in  concert  and  ora- 
torio work,  having  appeared  with  the  Apollo  Musical  Club 
and  Mendelssohn  Club  of  Chicago,  and  in  the  concerts  of  the 
Thomas  Orchestra.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Faculty  and  one 
of  the  Directors  of  the  Chicago  Musical  College.  Mr.  Miller 
is  now  (1912)  with  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Evans- 
ton  and  is  one  of  the  solo  quartette  of  the  Sunday  Evening 
Choral  Club  (Orchestra  Hall). 

Mr.  O.  Gordon  Erickson  has  been  with  the  First  Church 
Choir  since  January  29,  1911.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Faculty 
of  the  Chicago  Musical  College.  Mr.  Erickson  is  Director 
(1913)  of  the  Sunday  Evening  Choral  Club  (Orchestra  Hall). 

Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore  was  brought  up  in  the  musical 
atmosphere  of  the  First  Church.  His  mother,  Mrs.  Alexander 
P.  Moore  (formerly  Miss  Frances  Silvey),  was  a  member  of 
the  First  Church  Choir,  in  the  "sixties." 

Mr.  Moore  studied  the  organ  with  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy, 
when  Mr.  Eddy  was  organist  of  the  Church  (1879-1895). 
Later,  Mr.  Moore  spent  six  months  in  Paris,  studying  with 

1  From  "The  Continent,"  January,  1913.  by  the  Rev.WilUam  Pierson  Merrill,  D.  D., 
formerly  of  the  Sixth  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago,  now  of  the  Brick  Presbyterian 
Church.  N.  Y.  City. 


206  PULPIT  AND  CHOIR. 

Mr  Alexander  Guilmant.  He  began  his  duties  as  organist  of 
the  First  Church,  May  31,  1896,  and  is  now  (1913)  organist 
and  director  of  the  Choir  of  the  present  Church. 

The  Choirmaster  is  greatly  indebted  to  all  others  who 
have  served  in  the  Choir  of  the  First  Church  and  especially 
to  Mrs.  James  C.  Ames  and  Mr.  Charles  T.  Atkinson  for 
the  interest  they  have  taken  in  the  Special  Musical  Services. 


A  CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  207 


A  CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS 

Great  advances  have  been  made  in  the  character  of 
Church  music  in  this  country  during  the  past  sixty  years.  Prior 
to  1850,  all  the  support  which  Church  societies  could  provide 
for  the  maintenance  of  their  music,  was  to  furnish  the  singers 
with  hymn  and  tune  books.  Salaried  Choirs  and  two-manual 
organs  were  almost  unknown  in  the  West.  The  tuning  fork, 
flute  and  bass  viol  were  the  instruments  commonly  heard  in 
the  country  districts.  The  melodeon,  forerunner  of  the  pres- 
ent cabinet  organ,  was  just  coming  into  use. 

A  friend,  residing  in  a  country  district  of  a  neighboring 
state,  to  whom  I  wrote  recently  asking  about  hymn  books  and 
instruments,  replied: 

"The  impressions  received  of  a  village  Choir  in  my  child- 
hood may  give  you  a  fair  idea  of  the  character  of  the  music 
commonly  heard  at  that  time  in  the  Churches  throughout  the 
western  states.  My  home  (1846-1856)  was  in  a  farming 
community,  close  by  a  lovely  village  where  the  people  worked 
hard,  feared  God  and  attended  Church  regularly.  As  I  look 
back  on  that  period  of  my  life  there  are  three  things  which 
come  prominently  to  mind — the  Sabbath,  the  village  Church 
and  its  Choir.  The  Sabbath  was  at  that  time  literally  a  day  of 
rest,  w^hen  every  member  of  the  household  must  cease  all  but 
the  necessary  farm  work,  and  go  to  Church.  To  the  young 
folks  of  the  family,  the  day  was  something  more.  The  Sun- 
day services  and  the  meetings  of  the  Choir  for  practice  brought 
some  relief  into  the  hard,  dull  routine  of  farm  life,  and  really 
gave  us  our  only  chance  for  meeting  friends  and  learning 
something  of  the  events  going  on  in  the  great  world  outside. 

"The  meeting  house  was  a  frame  structure,  built  after  the 
New  England  style — white  exterior,  green  blinds,  steeple  and 
bell,  the  rope  hanging  in  the  vestibule. 

"  'Meeting'  invariably  began  with  a  prayer  by  the  Minis- 
ter, followed  by  the  announcement  of  a  hymn;  then  there 
would  be  a  pause  for  the  choir  leader  to  find  a  tune.  Some- 
times, after  long  and  anxious  waiting,  the  leader  would  rise 
from  his  place  in  the  choir  gallery  at  the  opposite  end  of  the 
Church  and  gravely  request  the  Minister  to  change  the  hymn, 
as  the  meter  of  the  hymn  announced  was  unfamiliar  to  the 
Choir.  A  tune  being  found,  the  singers  would  take  their  pitch 
from  the  leader's  tuning  fork,  each  sounding  the  note  of  his 


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or  her  part,  the  Do,  Mi,  Sol  being  heard  distinctly  through- 
out the  Church.  In  1850,  we  did  not  have  the  convenient  hymn 
and  tune  book  of  later  years,  with  the  music  at  the  top  of  the 
page  and  the  words  directly  below.  Each  singer  held  a  small 
book  of  hymns  in  the  right  hand  and  a  cumbrous  tune  book 
in  the  other,  and  with  eyes  cast  now  on  the  leader,  now  on  the 
words,  now  on  the  tune,  made  the  best  of  this  awkward 
arrangement. 

"For  a  long  time,  the  only  instrument  used  in  the  Choir 
was  the  leader's  tuning  fork.  Some  one  came  to  the  village 
after  a  while  who  played  the  flute;  he  was  brought  into  the 
Choir.  In  this  way,  the  bass  viol  and  clarinet  were  added  to 
the  musical  forces  on  the  Sabbath.  About  1855,  we  procured 
a  melodeon.  These  innovations  were  not  entirely  regarded 
with  favor  by  some  of  the  people.  The  Minister  of  a  neigh- 
boring Church  occupied  our  pulpit  one  Sunday,  and,  as  he 
arose  to  give  out  the  first  hymn,  hearing  some  tuning  and 
scraping  in  the  direction  of  the  choir  gallery,  asked  the  Con- 
gregation to  stand  while  the  Choir  'fiddle  and  sing  the  hymn !' 

'T  have  a  distinct  remembrance  of  the  music  heard  at 
the  funerals  of  that  day.  The  hymns,  'Hark !  from  the  Tombs 
a  Doleful  Sound,'  'Wthy  Do  We  Mourn  Departing  Friends?' 
'Sister,  Thou  Wast  Mild  and  Lovely,'  and  others,  equally 
mournful  in  character,  were  favorites  with  the  village  Choir  on 
these  occasions.  When  we  secured  an  organ,  thirty  years 
afterward,  and  the  flute,  violin,  clarinet  and  bass  viol  had  dis- 
appeared from  the  Choir  gallery,  the  music,  to  my  mind,  lost 
much  of  its  character." 

I  have  another  letter  from  a  dear  old  choir  leader,  Mr. 
A.  R.  Peck,  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Beloit,  Wis., 
written  in  much  the  same  vein,  telling  of  the  books  and  in- 
struments used  in  his  day.  Mr.  Peck  made  an  address  at  the 
Semi-Centennial  Celebration  of  his  Church,  March  21,  1899, 
speaking  of  his  Choir  recollections,  which  date  from  1841. 
How  he  loved  his  work!    The  letter  will  speak  for  itself: 

"I  am  a  farmer  living  on  the  farm  my  father  bought 
fifty-eight  years  ago,  three  miles  from  the  city  of  Beloit.  I 
have  traveled  that  distance  day  and  night  in  all  kinds  of 
weather  to  gratify  my  love  for  music.  For  years  I  have  never 
missed  a  Saturday  night  rehearsal,  nor  a  Sunday  service, 
morning  or  evening.  It  never  stormed  so  hard,  nor  was  the 
cold  ever  so  severe,  that  I  was  kept  at  home." 

The  first  reference  to  music  in  the  records  of  the  First 


THE  OLD  MEETING  HOUSE. 
Berlin  Heights.  Erie  County.  Ohio. 


A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  209 

Church  was  in  connection  with  the  dedication,  Januaiy  4, 
1834,  of  the  frame  meeting  house,  commonly  known  as  the 
"Lord's  House."  A  hymn  was  written  for  this  occasion  by 
Mr.  G.  T.  Sproat,  "a  Baptist  brother,"  from  which  I  quote  the 
first  verse: 

"God  of  the  glorious  world  above, 

Before  Thy  gracious  throne  we  bow; 
O  send  the  spirit  of  Thy  love, 

And  smile  upon  Thy  children  now." 

The  Chicago  Daily  Democrat  of  January  21,  1834,  gives 
a  full  account  of  these  services,  with  the  sermon  in  full  of  Dr. 
Porter,  and  the  other  verses  of  the  hymn. 

There  was  undoubtedly  a  Choir  in  those  early  days,  judg- 
ing from  a  resolution  adopted  at  a  meeting  of  the  Session, 
December  16,  1834: 

"In  compliance  with  a  request  from  the  singers,  it  was 
voted  to  advise  the  Congregation  to  stand  during  the  singing 
and  incline  the  head  upon  the  bench  before  them  during  prayer 
in  our  public  worship." 

The  singing  was  led  in  the  new  Church  by  Sergeant  Rich- 
ard Burtis,  from  the  garrison,  and  the  prayer  meetings  were 
led  by  the  major,  known  as  "good  old  Major  Wilcox."  The 
only  other  Choir  members  of  this  period  (1834-1835),  as  far 
as  I  can  ascertain,  were  Mr.  Bates  (violin)  and  Mr.  James 
Marshall  (flute).  We  know  nothing  of  the  character  of  the 
music  at  this  time ;  it  was  probably  of  the  simplest  kind.  The 
Chicago  Magazine  of  June,  1857,  says : 

"The  Choir  in  those  days  was  the  whole  assembly ;  exclu- 
sive singers,  with  exclusive  rights  and  exclusive  seats,  was 
an  innovation  on  primitive  worship  reserved  for  later  days." 

The  frame  meeting  house,  after  its  removal  to  the  new 
location  on  Clark  street  south  of  Washington,  was  called  the 
"Wooden  Church,"  to  distinguish  it  from  the  "Brick  Church," 
which  was  erected  later. 

While  services  were  held  in  the  "Wooden  Church"  (1837- 
49)  the  music  was  congregational  in  character,  supported  by  a 
chorus,  of  which  the  first  leader  was  Mr.  Seth  P.  Warner. 
Mr.  Augustus   G.   Downs   succeeded  Air.   Warner  as  leader 


210  A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS. 

(1841)   and  played  the  bass  viol.     Mr.  Edward  C.  Cleaver/ 
who  joined  the  Choir  in  1845,  wrote  of  his  recollections: 

"I  played  the  violoncello  in  the  'Wooden  Church'  until  I 
purchased  a  double  bass ;  this  instrument  I  played  until  I  re- 
signed in  1853.  At  the  opening  of  the  new  Church,  the  music 
was  led  by  Dr.  Dunham,-  at  that  time  an  accomplished  singer. 
Mr.  C.  B.  Nelson  played  the  flute,  and  I  the  double  bass. 
Among  the  ladies  of  the  Choir  were:  Miss  Langdon,  Miss 
Sarah  Downs,  Miss  Johnson  and  Miss  Sarah  Brookes.  Miss 
Downs  was  at  the  time  conducting  a  little  school  at  the  north- 
west corner  of  Madison  and  La  Salle  streets.  I  think  Mr. 
Whitmarsh  sang  bass." 

Mrs.  Lydia  E.  Downs^  says  of  the  Choir  at  that  time : 
"Mr.  A.  G.  Downs  probably  jomed  the  Choir  of  the  First 
Church  as  early  as  1841,  and  assisted  sometimes  as  a  singer 
and  sometimes  as  a  player  of  the  violoncello.  Other  mem- 
bers of  the  Choir  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sidney  Downs,  Mrs. 
William  Saltonstall ,  her  mother,  Mrs.  Aiken,  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Seth  P.  Warner.  I  left  the  Church  in  1849  when  the  Rev. 
Flavel  Bascom  was  still  pastor." 

Mrs.  Oliver  K.  Johnson  says : 

"My  recollection  of  the  Choir  in  the  'Brick  Church'  is 
very  vague,  though  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fassett  are  strongly  associat- 
ed in  my  mind  among  the  members.  The  'Wooden  Church,' 
which  stood  at  the  south  end  of  the  lot,  was  entirely  before  my 
day,  but  Mrs.  Freer  has  tried  to  give  me  the  benefit  of  her 
memory.  The  Choir  sat  at  the  north  end  of  the  Church,  fac- 
ing the  Minister,  and  when  they  arose  to  sing,  the  people  arose 
at  the  same  time,  turning  around  and  facing  the  singers.  The 
Choir  was  composed  of  all  members  of  the  Congregation  who 
could  sing,  young  and  old,  the  young  ladies  being  particularly 
welcome." 

With  the  completion  of  the  "Brick  Church"  in  1849,  the 
chorus  still  continued,  accompanied  by  a  few  instruments, 
until  1852,  when  a  melodeon  was  introduced. 

When  we  capie  to  Chicago  in  February,  1857,  the  city 
still  retained  many   features  of  the  small  town,  though  the 

1  Mr.  Cleaver  died  April  10,  1904,  in  Chicago. 

2  Dr.  Dunham  (T.)  was  a  member  of  the  Musical  Union  in  1857,  and  occasionally 
conducted  its  rehearsals.  He  led  the  Choir  in  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church  in  1863 
and  1864. 

'  Mrs.  Lydia  E.  Downs,  wife  of  Mr.  Myron  Day  Downs,  died  December  11,  1906, 
in  Chicago. 


AUGUSTUS  GAY   DOWN'S. 


A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  211 

population  numbered  nearly  100,000.  The  music  ordinarily- 
heard  on  Sunday  was  but  little  better  than  that  of  the  village 
Choir;  this  was  certainly  true  of  the  Churches  we  attended 
during  the  two  years  following  our  arrival.  There  were  not 
many  organs,  and  the  melodeon  was  the  usual  instrument  for 
accompanying  the  singers. 

The  volunteer  chorus  was,  however,  gradually  giving 
way  to  the  quartette.  The  First  Presbyterian  Church  in- 
troduced a  quartette  with  the  occupation  (1857)  of  the  new 
building  on  Wabash  Avenue.  The  reasons  for  abandoning  the 
time-honored  chorus,  were  many.  There  were  always  plenty 
of  good  voices,  but  good  leaders  and  organists  who  could  make 
the  meetings  for  practice  attractive  and  helpful  for  the  singers, 
were  scarce.  The  fact  is,  moreover,  that  even  in  large  Con- 
gregations it  is  difficult  to  find  a  score  of  good  singers  who 
will  bend  to  the  task  of  regular  attendance  at  rehearsals  and 
services,  year  in  and  year  out,  however  attractive  and  useful 
the  exercises  may  be.  The  life  of  a  metropolis  is  not  con- 
ducive to  such  sacrifices.  In  early  days,  the  Choir  meeting  was 
generally  a  social  gathering,  to  which  everybody  came  for  the 
purpose  of  having  a  good  time.  The  musical  demand  was 
easily  satisfied.  After  the  Choir  had  looked  over  the  hymns 
for  the  next  Sabbath  and  perhaps  an  occasional  anthem  or 
"set  piece,"  the  evening's  work  was  done. 

In  order  to  appreciate  the  character  of  Church  music  sixty 
years  ago,  we  should  know  something  of  the  Choir  literature 
of  that  day.  As  late  as  1870,  the  entire  library  of  the  average 
Choir  consisted  of  tune  and  anthem  books,  such  as  "Carmina 
Sacra,"  by  Lowell  Mason,  Boston  (1849) ;  "The  Shawm,"  by 
W.  B.  Bradbury  and  George  F.  Root,  New  York  (1853); 
"Grace  Church  Collection,"  by  W.  A.  King,  New  York  (1852)  ; 
"Church  and  Home,"  by  George  Leach,  New  York  (1857),  etc. 
In  this  respect,  how  richly  blessed  are  the  Choirs  at  the  present 
day !  All  the  works  of  the  best  English  and  American  writers 
can  now  be  had  in  cheap  octavo  form,  thus  making  the  work 
of  the  Choir  room  grateful  and  instructive  and  adding  dignity 
to  the  Sabbath  services.  The  first  publisher  of  octavo  music  at 
cheap  prices  was  Alfred  Novello.    In  August,  1852,  he  opened 


212  A  CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS. 

a  branch  of  his  London  house  at  No.  389  Broadway,  New 
York  City,  in  order  to  introduce  cheap  editions  of  the  standard 
oratorios  and  English  Church  music;  but  it  was  at  least  twenty 
years  afterward  before  musicians  generally  realized  the  worth 
and  convenience  of  the  Novello  publications.  Choirs  in  the 
west  for  many  years  relied  upon  their  tune  and  anthem  books 
and  sacred  collections  for  the  Sabbath  worship. 

One  of  the  best  works  in  use  fifty  years  ago  was  the  col- 
lection (Boston,  1851),  by  Henry  W.  Greatorex,  organist  of 
Calvary  Episcopal  Church,  New  York  City.  A  suggestion 
made  in  the  preface  of  this  book  is  worthy  of  careful  con- 
sideration by  Ministers  and  music  committees.  Greatorex 
recommended : 

"Those  in  favor  of  Congregational  singing,  to  use  the  same 
words  to  the  same  tunes  invariably,  and  in  a  short  time  the  as- 
sociation between  the  words  and  the  music  will  enable  the  Con- 
gregation to  sing  most  of  the  tunes." 

The  tunes,  "Bemerton"  (C.  M.),  "Grostete"  (L.  M.), 
"Leighton"  (S.  M.),  and  "Seymour"  (7's,  arranged  from 
Weber),  now  so  well  known,  were  Avritten  by  Greatorex  and 
first  appeared  in  this  book.  Professor  Thomas  D.  Seymour,  of 
Yale  College,  answered  my  letter  asking  about  Greatorex: 

"New  Haven,  October  22,  1898. 
"Greatorex's  portrait  represents  him  as  a  handsome,  large- 
faced  Englishman,  with  bushy  black  beard,  a  man  of  thirty-five 
or  forty.  The  tune  'Seymour'  was  named  for  an  uncle  of 
mine  who  was  a  bass  singer  in  Greatorex's  Choir,  just  sixty 
years  ago." 

The  Connecticut  Quarterly,  Vol.  11,  page  156,  gives  furth- 
er particulars : 

"Henry  W.  Greatorex  came  to  the  Center  Church,  Hart- 
ford, in  1838,  and  remained  two  years.  He  left  the  city  for  a 
time,  but  returned  to  play  the  organ  in  St.  John's  Church, 
where  he  remained  several  years.  He  came  of  a  musical  fam- 
ily. His  father,  Thomas  Greatorex,  was  a  highly  educated 
and  prominent  musician,  at  one  time  organist  of  the  Cathe- 
dral at  Carlisle,  and  for  twenty-seven  years  conductor  of  the 
so-called  Ancient  Concerts  in  London,  after  which  he  was 
appointed  to  succeed  Dr.  Cook  as  organist  and  master  of  the 
boys  at  Westminster  Abbey." 


MRS.  SAMUEL  M(^XTAGUE  FASSETT. 


A   CHAPTER  OX  CHOIRS.  213 

While  reading  Fowler's  "Life  of  Dr.  John  B,  Dykes" 
(London,  1897),  whose  hymn  tunes  are  now  used  in  nearly 
every  part  of  the  Christian  world,  I  noticed  the  name  of  the 
Rev.  Edward  Greatorex  appearing  several  times  throughout 
the  book.  It  occurred  to  me  that  possibly  he  might  in  some 
way  be  related  to  Henry  W.  Greatorex.  In  response  to  my 
inquiry,  I  received  this  letter: 

"Croxdale  Rectory,  Durham,  England,  March  14,  1899. 

"Henry  Wlellington  Greatorex  was  my  brother  and  left 
England  when  I  was  a  boy.  I  cannot  verify  the  date,  but 
think  it  was  about  1838-40.  He  had  been  organist  of  St. 
Mary-le-bone  Church  in  London,  and  after  he  left  England  we 
heard  very  little  of  him  until  his  death  at  New  Orleans,  about 
1860.  Pie  was  twice  married  and  left  several  children.  His 
second  wife,  Eliza  Greatorex,  was  an  accomplished  artist.  I 
know  nothing  of  them  and  suppose  they  are  either  in  the  old 
continent  or  in  America.  He  was  born  in  1813,  the  fifth  son. 
I  am  the  seventh. 

"My  father  was  born  in  1758,  when  George  II  and  Handel 
were  living.  He  knew  Prince  Charlie  ('The  Young  Pretender') 
in  Rome,  and  gave  rise  to  the  royal  pun  of  the  'Prince  Regent': 
'My  father  is  Rex,  but  you  are  a  Greater  Rex'  (Greatorex). 
My  father  was  conductor  of  the  Ancient  Concerts,  and  it  was 
on  the  occasion  of  his  having  to  leave  the  dinner  table  of  the 
Prince  and  take  his  place  in  the  orchestra  before  the  King's 
arrival,  that  the  pun  was  made.  He  was  F.  R.  S.  and  F.  L.  S. 
(Felow  of  the  Royal  Society  and  of  the  Linnaean  Society). 
He  died  at  Hampton,  July  18,  1821,  aged  seventy-three. 

"I  am  a  minor  canon  of  Durham,  and  was  an  intimate 
friend  of  Dr.  Dykes,  and  now  an  old  man  of  seventy-six.  I 
am  sorr}^  I  cannot  give  more  details  as  to  my  brother's  life,  but 
he  seemed  to  have  disappeared  from  his  family  when  he  went 
to  the  States.     I  am  yours  faithfully, 

"Edward  GrEatorkx," 

Champlin's  "Cyclopedia  of  Music  and  Musicians"  says 
Henry  W.  Greatorex  was  bom  at  Burton-on-Trent,  England, 
in  1811,  and  died  at  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  September  10, 
1858.  Before  going  to  Charleston,  Greatorex  was  organist  at 
the  Calvary  Episcopal  Church,  New  York  City,  where  his 
popular  "Collection  of  Church  Music"  was  prepared  for  pub- 
lication. 


214  A   CHAPTER  OX  CHOIRS. 

'Sir.  Henn'  Siegling,  of  Charleston,  under  date  of  June 
28,  1899,  writes:  "Greatorex  was  organist  of  St.  Philip's 
Church,  the  Jewish  Synagogue  and  the  Catholic  Cathedral; 
died  of  yellow  fever." 

Mr.  Thomas  P.  O'Neale.  also  of  Charleston,  says : 

"Your  favor  of  July  1,  1899,  was  duly  received.  I  regret 
that  my  memor)'  refuses  to  be  refreshed  about  Prof.  Greato- 
rex.  I  did  not  know  him  intimately,  but  have  heard  him  play 
at  St.  Philip's.  He  died  of  yellow  fever,  September  10,  1858, 
as  you  have  it.  He  was  buried  in  St.  Philip's  Church  Ceme- 
tery, directly  opposite  the  church." 

Greatorex  was  in  his  time  one  of  the  best  writers  of 
Church  music  in  America.  He  came  to  this  country  one 
year  before  Dudley  Buck  was  born  (1839).  Greatorex's  an- 
thems do  not  possess  the  wealth  of  detail  and  color  which 
characterize  the  works  of  Buck  and  his  followers;  but  his 
hymn  tunes  and  chants  will  always  find  a  place  in  the  worship 
of  the  sanctuary.  It  was  while  a  student  (1865-68)  in  West- 
ern Reserve  College,'  Hudson,  Ohio,  that  I  came  to  know 
Greatorex's  music.  Thomas  Day  Seymour  of  Western  Re- 
serve (1871)  (afterward  professor  of  Greek  in  Yale  College) 
and  I  were  members  of  the  Cnoir  in  St.  ]\Iark's  Episcopal 
Church,  Hudson,  during  our  college  days.  Greatorex's  an- 
them, "The  Lord  Is  :My  Shepherd,'  and  his  hymn  tune,  "Bem- 
erton,"  with  the  delicate  bit  of  imitation  in  the  third  line  for 
the  soprano  and  tenor  voices,  were  among  the  selections  we 
loved  best  to  sing. 

Mr.  X.  J.  Corey  of  Detroit,  in  his  article  on  "The  'Mak- 
ing of  :\Iusic  in  the  Churches,"  in  the  "Musician"  of  August, 
1899,  says: 

"The  ideal  Choir  is,  of  course,  the  well-trained  chorus, 
with  a  quartette  to  lead.  But  the  maintenance  of  such  a  Choir 
presents  difficulties  that  are  insurmountable  to  the  average 
Church.  There  are  two  classes  of  Churches  in  which  chorus 
Choirs  may  be  found,  and  these  at  the  two  extremes  of  temporal 
prosperity :  the  wealthy  Congregation  that  can  afford  to  remun- 

1  An  orchestra  was  organized  in  the  college,  in  1S67,  of  which  I  was  pianist  and 
conductor.  Among  its  members  were.  Dr.  George  G.  Baker  (afterward  a  noted  artist), 
now  of  Denver,  Colorado,  first  flute;  the  Rev  Josiah  Strong.  D.  D.  (class  of  1869). 
second  flute,  and  Professor  Thomas  Day  Seymour  (class  of  1870),  double  bass.  Pro- 
fessor Seymour  died  December  31,  1907,  in  New  Haven,  Conn. 


A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  215 

erate  the  members  of  the  chorus,  and  the  struggling  Church 
that  is  obliged  to  depend  upon  volunteers.  In  the  latter  case,  it 
is  verv  often  necessary  for  the  musical  members  of  the  Con- 
gregation to  give  fullest  exercise  to  their  spiritual  grace,  in  or- 
der to  overlook  the  lapses  from  musical  grace  in  the  Choir  loft. 
'How  is  it,'  said  one  Minister  to  another,  'that  you  are  advo- 
cating a  paid  Choir,  when  I  have  always  understood  that  you 
were  opposed  to  paying  for  the  singing  of  God's  praises?' 

"  'Well,'  he  answered,  'I  find  it  will  soon  be  necessary  to 
pay  the  Congregation  for  coming  to  our  services,  if  the  volun- 
teer singers  remain,  and  I  think  it  will  be  cheaper  to  pay  a 
Choir.' 

"This  was  not  so  badly  put.  Indeed,  the  vain  and  tortur- 
ing struggles  of  many  volunteer  Choirs  (and  some  paid  ones, 
for  that  matter),  with  nondescript  anthems,  implies  a  large 
amount  of  Christian  patience  and  fortitude  on  the  part  of  the 
pews." 

Is  it  any  wonder,  then,  that  Church  committees,  composed 
of  men  actively  engaged  wdth  their  own  aftairs,  should  cast 
aside  all  sentiment  and  look  at  religious  matters  from  their 
practical  point  of  view?  To  a  business  man  and  his  way  of 
thinking,  it  was  a  plain  proposition ;  it  is  better  by  far  to  have 
four  people  who  can  sing  well,  than  fifteen  or  twenty  who 
cannot.  If,  to  bring  about  this  result,  it  cost  a  little  money,  it 
was  no  matter.  So  the  Congregations  in  1857  were  calling  for 
a  new^  order  of  affairs  in  the  choir  gallery;  they  demanded 
better  discipline  and  better  singing.  Thus  the  old  time  volun- 
teers were  summarily  sent  to  the  rear,  and  the  field  was  left  to 
the  regulars. 

Choir  people  are  very  sensitive  and  jealous  of  their  rights. 
We  must  approach  the  subject  of  church  music  as  Agag  drew 
near  to  Samuel — "delicately." 

Regarding  organs,  as  nearly  as  I  can  learn,  St.  James' 
Episcopal  Church  was  the  first  in  Chicago  to  have  an  organ, 

"The  first  organ  in  St.  James'  Church,"  Air.  C.  R.  Lar- 
rabee^  writes  to  me,  "must  have  been  built  in  1838,  probably 
by  Henry  Erben.^     In  1857,  we  contracted  with  Hall  &  La- 


1  Mr.  Charles  RoUin  Larrabee,  for  nearly  fifty  years  identified  with  St.  James' 
Episcopal  Church,  was  bom  at  Ticonderoga,  N.  Y.,  February  17,  1825;  came  to  Chi- 
cago in  1844;  died  June  3.  1899. 

2  Mr.  Henr>-  Erben  was  bom  in  Xew  York  City  in  1799,  and  died  there  in  May, 
1885.   When  a  young  man,  he  served  as  a  workman  in  the  factory  of  Mr.  Thomas  Hall, 


216  A  CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS. 

bagh  of  New  York,  for  an  organ  for  our  new  Church,  which 
was  delivered  in  due  time.  My  recollection  is  that  it  had 
thirty  stops  and  two  manuals.  Mr.  C.  B.  Nelson,  for  your  so- 
ciety, contracted  at  the  same  time  for  a  larger  instrument." 

The  First  Unitarian  Church,  then  at  the  northwest  corner 
of  Washington  and  Dearborn  streets,  had  a  one-manual  organ 
with  ten  speaking  stops,  built  in  1850  by  Jardine  &  Son,  of 
New  York.  This  firm,  in  1858,  also  furnished  a  two-manual 
instrument  for  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  then  on  West 
Washington  street. 

St.  Mary's  Catholic  Church,  at  the  southwest  corner  of 
Wabash  avenue  and  Madison  street,  had  a  one-manual  organ, 
built  early  in  the  "fifties." 

Dr.  Patton's  Church,  the  First  Congregational,  then  at  the 
corner  of  West  Washington  and  Green  streets,  had  a  two- 
manual  organ. 

Under  April  1,  1865,  I  find  in  my  diary: 

"Visited  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  this  morning. 
The  organ  has  forty-six  stops,  three  banks  of  keys  and  two 
octaves  of  pedal." 

This  organ  was  set  up  in  September,  1854,  by  Andrews 
&  Son,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  in  the  Second  or  "Spotted  Church," 
then  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Wabash  avenue  and  Washing- 
ton street. 

The  first  organ  constructed  for  Chicago  by  the  well  known 
builder,  Mr.  W.  A.  Johnson,  of  Westfield,  Mass.,  was  a  two- 
manual  instrument  in  the  Wabash  Avenue  M.  E.  Church,  at 
the  northwest  corner  of  Wabash  avenue  and  Harrison  street. 
This  Church  was  commenced  July  13,  1857,  finished  and  dedi- 
cated July  15,  1858. 

The  organ  in  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church  has  three 
manuals  and  thirty-three  speaking  stops,  and  was  built  in  1874 
by  Johnson  &  Son,  now  the  Emmons  Howard  Organ  Co. 

In  1868,  Dudley  Buck  came  to  Chicago  from  Hartford  as 
organist  of  St.  James'  Episcopal  Church,  and,  in  1870,  W.  A. 

an  English  organ  builder;  in  1824,  he  began  business  for  himself  in  New  York  City. 
Mr.  Erben's  son.  Rear  Admiral  Henry  Erben,  U.  S.  N.,  in  a  letter  of  October  6,  1899, 
says:  "My  father  was  one  of  the  first  to  build  Church  organs  in  America.  These  in- 
struments can  be  found,  monuments  of  his  skill,  from  Montreal  to  Cuba.  My  brother 
followed  him  in  business,  but  he  died  and  the  concern  is  not  now  in  existence." 


DUDLEY  BUCK 


A  CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  217 

Johnson  built  a  three-manual  organ  for  the  Church.  The  old 
Hall  &  Labagh  organ  was  sold  to  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany, 
and,  in  1892,  was  rebuilt  by  Farrand  &  Votey  of  Detroit.  Mr. 
Buck  bought  the  house,  39  Cass  street,  for  a  home,  to  which 
he  added  a  studio  with  a  three-manual  Johnson  organ.  Here 
he  met  his  pupils,  gave  Sunday  afternoon  recitals  and  held 
rehearsals  for  his  Choir.  He  had  a  small  chorus,  with  a  quar- 
tette consisting  of  Miss  Heinrichs  (S.),  Miss  Kate  Van  Wor- 
dragen  (A.),  Mr,  Edward  Schultze  (T.),  and  Mr.  Thomas  G. 
Goodwillie  (B.).  In  September,  1871,  Mr.  Frank  T.  Baird 
and  I  began  a  course  of  study  in  musical  theory  with  Mr. 
Buck,  meeting  him  semi-weekly  in  his  studio.  Our  lessons 
were  soon  interrupted,  as  Mr.  Buck  was  called  east  on  concert 
engagements.  During  his  absence  came  the  great  October  fire, 
which  destroyed  his  Church,  home,  organ,  and  valuable  library, 
and  ended  our  studies. 

Some  of  our  vacation  days  are  now  passed  in  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  a  city  rich  in  memories  of  authors,  poets,  and 
musicians.  Here  lived  Charles  Dudley  Warner,  Mark  Twain, 
and  Lydia  Huntley  Sigourney  (1791-1865),  for  whom  a  tab- 
let was  erected  in  Christ  Episcopal  Church.  In  this  Church, 
there  is  a  window  given  by  the  pupils  and  friends  of  Henry 
Wilson,  the  composer,  who  was  organist  of  the  Church 
(1855-1877).  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe  spent  her  early  life  in 
Hartford,  in  charge  of  a  school,  and  here  wrote  the  poem, 
"Still,  Still  with  Thee,"  which  we  have  used  so  often  in 
our  Church  in  Chicago,  with  Arthur  Foote's  music,  ac- 
companied by  flute,  viola,  harp  and  organ.  Henry  W. 
Greatorex,  "for  whose  services,"  says  Dr.  Walker  in  his  his- 
tory of  Center  Church,  "the  organ  silently  waited  many  weeks," 
came  (1838)  from  London,  England,  to  Hartford  as  organist 
of  Center  Church  (First  Congregational).  He  was  the  au- 
thor of  the  "Gloria  Patri  in  F"  sung  every  Sunday  in  the 
First  Church,  and  of  many  of  the  best  tunes  in  our  hymn  books. 
Center  Church  contains  a  tablet  in  memory  of  the  Rev.  Joel 
Hawes,^  D.  D.,  one  of  its  Alinisters,  who  declined  a  call  in 
1836  from  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago.  Frederic 
Grant  Gleason,  theorist  and  composer,  born  (1848)  at  Mid- 
dletown  near  Hartford,  died  in  Chicago  (1906),  acquired  his 
early  musical  education  with  Dr.  Francis  G.  Barnett,  organist 

1  "To  the  beloved  memory  of  Joel  Hawes,  tenth  Pastor  of  this  Church;  bom  De- 
cember 22,  1789;  installed  March  4,  1818;  died  June  5,  1867.  A  vigorous,  devoted 
and  successful  Minister  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ." 


218  A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS. 

of  Center  Church.  Hartford  was  the  birthplace  on  March  10, 
1839,  of  one  of  America's  foremost  composers  and  organists — 
Dudley  Buck;  organist  of  Park  Church  from  1862  until  1868, 
when  he  came  to  Chicago;  died  October  6,  1909,  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

Henry  Wilson's  music  was  much  liked  by  Choirs  in 
early  days,  his  "Sacred  Quartettes,"  "Gloria  in  Excelsis 
in  B  Flat"  and  "Te  Deum"  being  particularly  grateful  to 
lovers  of  quartette  singing.  The  Travelers'  Record  (Feb- 
ruary, 1878),  Hartford,  Conn.,  contains  an  article  on  the 
life  and  work  of  Mr.  Wilson,  written  by  Mr.  Charles  Dud- 
ley Warner.  Mr.  Wilson  was  born  December  2,  1828,  in 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  the  birthplace  also  of  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy. 
In  August,  1854,  Mr.  Wilson  went  to  Leipzig  for  a  year's 
study  with  Plaidy  and  Moscheles,  and  on  his  return  to 
America  in  1855  was  appointed  organist  and  choirmaster  of 
Christ  Church,  Hartford.  His  death  occurred  January  8, 
1878,  in  Hartford. 

The  best  organ  in  Chicago  in  1857,  and  the  one  most  used 
for  concert  purposes,  was  in  St.  Paul's  Universalist  Church, 
at  the  northwest  corner  of  Wabash  avenue  and  Van  Buren 
street.  The  instrument  was  built  by  Mr.  Henry  Erben  in  1855- 
56.  It  stood  at  the  east  end  of  the  Church,  had  three  manuals, 
and  with  its  elaborate  case  made  an  imposing  appearance. 

The  first  organ  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  was  built 
by  Hall  &  Labagh  of  New  York  City,  for  the  edifice  on  Wa- 
bash avenue,  and  was  completed  and  in  readiness  for  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  Church,  October  15,  1857.  The  instrument  had 
three  manuals  and  thirty-eight  stops. 

Messrs.  E.  &  G.  G.  Hook  of  Boston,  were  not  repre- 
sented in  Chicago  until  1862,  when  they  built  an  organ  with 
two  manuals  and  twenty-eight  stops  for  the  New  England 
Congregational  Church.  In  1868,  this  firm  built  a  three-man- 
ual organ  for  Unity  Church, 

There  were  not  many  organists  in  Chicago  in  1856,  if  the 
word  organist  means  a  musician  who  is  familiar  with  the 
mechanism  and  capabilities  of  the  instrument,  and  has  the 
musical  education  to  exploit  its  possibilities. 


MISS  SARAH  TILLINGHAST. 


A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  219 

Mr.  W.  H.  Currie,  an  English  organist,  came  here  in 
1855,  and  was  engaged  in  St.  Paul's  Universalist  Church,  re- 
maining there  until  the  beginning  of  the  war.  "His  style  was 
that  of  the  English  Cathedral  organist,"  says  Mr.  A.  W.  Dohn. 
"He  was  a  good  musician  and  a  reliable  player."  Mr.  Curne 
was  succeeded  at  St.  Paul's  by  his  pupil.  Miss  Sarah  Tilling- 
hast,^  daughter  of  Mr.  W.  A.  Tillinghast,  then  teacher  of  music 
in  the  public  schools.  Miss  Tillinghast  afterward  married  Mr. 
A.  O.  Frohock,  and  removed  to  Boston,  where  she  was  well 
known  as  teacher  and  organist,  and  gave  recitals  for  several 
seasons  on  the  great  organ  in  Boston  Music  Hall.  The  suc- 
cessors of  Miss  Tillinghast  at  St.  Paul's  Church  were  Mr. 
Charles  Ansorge,  Mr.  Adolph  Baumbach,  and  Mr.  G.  C. 
Knopfel. 

Mr.  Ansorge  came  to  Chicago  in  1860-62,  and  for  some 
years  was  instructor  of  music  in  the  Chicago  High  School.  He 
was  a  man  of  letters,  a  graduate  of  a  German  university,  and 
a  good  musician.  He  was  the  first  to  tell  me  of  Handel's  "Mes- 
siah." Mr.  Ansorge  died  of  cholera  in  September,  1866,  on  a 
Sunday  afternoon  after  having  played  at  his  Church  in  the 
morning  as  usual. 

Mr.  Baumbach,  well  known  as  the  author  of  a  collection 
of  Church  music  entitled  "Baumbach's  Sacred  Motettes,"  came 
to  Chicago  in  1863,  and  succeeded  Mr.  Ansorge  at  St.  Paul's 
Universalist  Church.  I  think  he  went  from  St.  Paul's  to  the 
New  England  Congregational  Church,  and  that  he  remained 
there  two  or  three  years;  afterward  he  became  organist  of 
Grace  Episcopal  Church,  beginning  his  work  at  the  consecra- 
tion of  the  present  edifice  on  Wabash  avenue,  near  Fourteenth 
street,  Easter  Day,  1869.  Mr.  Baumbach  continued  at  Grace 
Church  until  his  death,  in  Chicago,  April  3,  1880. 

When  I  first  knew  Mr.  Knopfel,  (1864),  he  was  engaged 
in  business  and  had  been  in  Chicago  a  year  or  two.  He  first 
played  at  St.  Paul's  Universalist  Church,  and  afterward  at 
Trinity  and  St.  James'  Episcopal  Churches.  After  the  fire  of 
1871,  he  was  engaged  at  the  Immanuel  Baptist  Church. 

II  am  indebted  to  Mr.  George  P.  Upton  for  the  photographs  of  Mrs.  Matteson. 
Miss  Tillinghast,  Dudley  Buck,  Hans  Balatka  and  Edouard  Remenyi. 


220  A  CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS. 

Mr.  Knopf  el  died  in  Omaha,  Nebraska,  where  he  had 
resided  for  some  years.  The  particulars  of  his  death  were  very 
sad,  as  will  appear  in  the  following  letter  from  Mr.  Jules  G. 
Lumbard : 

"Omaha,  Nebraska,  February  11,  1901. 

"Knopfel  slipped  on  the  steps  of  the  house  where  _  he 
boarded,  and  was  taken  insensible  to  the  Clarkson  Hospital, 
where  he  died.  I  went  to  offer  my  services  at  the  funeral,  but 
was  referred  to  the  coroner,  who  was  also  an  undertaker.  The 
coroner  told  me  no  provision  had  been  made  for  a  funeral,  that 
the  body  lay  in  their  vault;  that  Knopf  el  had  no  money  and  no 
friends,  and  that  they  were  about  to  turn  the  body  over  to  the 
Medical  College. 

"Thereupon  I  went  out  among  my  friends,  raised  money 
with  which  to  bury  him,  and  had  a  friend  go  along  to  see  that 
all  was  properly  done.  I  bought  the  burial  lot,  paid  the  under- 
taker's charges  and  came  away.    It  was  all  I  could  do." 

No  money !  No  friends !  Such  was  the  pitiful  end  of 
one  of  the  best  organists  we  ever  had  in  Chicago.  I  knew  him 
well  while  he  was  here  (1863-1876).  He  gave  piano  lessons 
to  my  sister  (1864),  and  I  shall  always  remember  her  delight 
in  studying  with  him  Liszt's  "Hungarian  Rhapsodies"  and  the 
"March"  from  Wagner's  "Tannhauser."  It  was  at  his  Church 
(St.  Paul's)  that  I  first  heard  Mendelssohn's  organ  sonatas. 
He  was  the  first  to  suggest  to  me  the  use  of  violin,  violoncello, 
harp,  and  other  instruments  with  the  organ.  In  1865,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Hattie  Brown  Miller,  the  soprano  in  the  Choir 
of  St.  James'  Episcopal  Church.  She  died  soon  afterward.  Mr. 
Knopfel  assisted  Mr.  Hans  Balatka,  director  of  the  musical 
services  at  the  funeral  of  Abraham  Lincoln  (1865),  when  the 
body  lay  in  state  at  the  Court  House  in  Chicago. 

The  first  organist  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  was 
Mr.  Thomas  Crouch  (1854-56).  His  successor  was  Mr.  H.  W. 
Chant,  afterward  of  the  firm  of  Pilcher  Bros.  &  Chant,  organ 
builders.  In  reply  to  my  inquiry  about  Mr.  Chant,  I  have  this 
letter  from  Henry  Pilcher's  Sons,  now  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  suc- 
cessors to  Pilcher  Bros. : 

"Louisville,  Ky.,  June  16,  1899. 
"Mr.  Chant  was  associated  with  the  firm  from  March, 
1864,  to  February,  1866.     They  built  the  organ  in  the  North 
Presbyterian  Church;  completed  September  15,  1865." 


HAxNS   BALATKA. 


A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  221 

Mr.  Chant  introduced  the  first  quartette  Choir  in  the  Sec- 
ond Church.^ 

Mr.  Charles  A.  Havens  followed  Mr.  Chant  at  the  Second 
Church,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Daniel  N.  Hood,  who  con- 
tinued until  1881.  Mr.  Hood  at  that  time  lived  in  Rockford, 
111.,  as  director  of  music  in  Rockford  College,  but  came  to 
Chicago  every  week  for  his  work  at  the  Second  Church. 
Dudley  Buck's  "Te  Deum  in  B  Flat"  was  dedicated  to  him.  On 
leaving  Chicago,  Mr.  Hood  went  to  Woburn,  Mass.,  as  organ- 
ist of  the  First  Congregational  Church.  His  home  is  now 
(1913)  in  Ipswich,  Mass. 

Mr.  Havens  returned  to  the  Second  Church  in  1882,  re- 
maining until  1890,  when  he  was  succeeded,  December  1,  1890, 
by  the  present  organist,  Mr.  A.  F.  McCarrell. 

One  of  the  early  organists  was  Mr.  Emil  Rein,  who  came 
here  in  1855,  as  teacher  of  piano,  Church  organist,  and  con- 
ductor of  a  German  singing  society.     He  played  for  a  time  at 


1  As  to  the  membership  of  this  quartette  Choir,  I  have  the  following  information: 
The  soprano  was  Mrs.  F.  A.  Thomas,  who  was  afterward  soprano  in  the  First  Church 
in  1865.     She  died,  October  31,  1890,  on  the  train  coming  from  California. 

The  alto  was  Mrs.  Casandana  ("Cassie")  Matteson  (nee  Dyer).  She  was  bom  in 
Shaftsbury,  Vt.,  in  the  early  "thirties."  She  was  married  to  Mr.  Robert  Matteson  ,of 
the  same  place,  and  the  young  couple  came  to  Aurora,  111.,  in  1854.  Mr.  Matteson  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  Co.  and  they  soon 
moved  to  Chicago.  Mrs.  Matteson  possessed  an  alto  voice  of  phenomenal  range  and 
quality,  and  strong  musical  temperament,  and  through  her  cousin,  Mr.  W.  A.  Tilling- 
hast,  soon  took  a  commanding  position  among  the  public  singers  of  Chicago.  She  was 
engaged  for  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  where  she  remained  till  1861.  She  then 
joined  the  Choir  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  but  returned  to  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  in  1865,  remaining  there  until  1869,  when  she  went  to  Melbourne,  Australia. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Choir  in  St.  James'  Catholic  Church  in  Melbourne,  and  was 
well  known  as  a  concert  singer  in  that  city  and  in  Sydney,  appearing  often  with  Ara- 
bella Godard,  Carreno  and  other  artists.  She  returned  to  Chicago  and  sang  at  a  con- 
cert of  the  Mozart  Club  in  Central  Music  Hall,  May  12,  1885.  Her  voice  was  consider- 
ably impaired  at  this  time,  and  this  was  her  last  appearance  in  public. 

Mr.  E.  B.  Wright  (now  deceased),  an  old  friend  of  the  Matteson  family,  gave  me 
many  of  the  above  facts  regarding  Mrs.  Matteson.  "On  her  return  from  Australia," 
said  Mr.  Wright, "she  was  very  poor  and  in  great  need  of  assistance.  Through  the  efforts 
of  her  friends  we  placed  her  in  a  sanitarium  at  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  where  she  died  July  16, 
1897.  "After  an  interval  of  nearly  fifty  years,  I  cannot  recall  many  singers  with  voice  and 
style  like  that  of  "Cassie"  Matteson.  I  went  every  Sunday  night,  when  it  was  possible, 
to  Trinity  Church  on  Jackson  street  to  hear  her  sing. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Seavems  was  the  tenor  of  the  quartette;  died  March  22,  1871,  in 
Chicago. 

The  bass  was  Mr.  Henry  Johnson,  who  remained  with  the  Choir  until  he  removed 
to  New  York  City,  where  he  is  now  (1900)  living. 


222  A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS. 

Trinity  Episcopal  Church/  St.  James'  Episcopal  Church,  and 
last  at  the  Church  of  the  Messiah;  died  in  this  city  in  1884. 

Mr.  Theodore  S.  Payne  was  organist  of  St.  James'  Epis- 
copal Church  in  1857,  when  Mrs.  Emma  G.  Bostwick^  came  out 
from  New  York  City  to  take  a  position  in  the  Choir  of  that 
Church,  remaining  there  until  1861,  when  he  was  succeeded  by 
his  brother,  Mr.  E.  A.  Payne.  Later  Mr.  Payne  was  with  the 
Church  of  the  Ascension.  His  death  occurred  at  Oak  Park, 
Illinois,  October  7,  1898. 

Mr.  Adolph  W.  Dohn,  the  first  organist  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church,  was  born  at  Breslau,  Silesia,  in  1835;  came 
to  Chicago  in  the  summer  of  1857,  and  for  a  few  months  was 
organist  at  Dr.  Patton's  Church  (First  Congregational),  going 
from  there  to  the  First  Presbyterian,  where  he  remained  until 
the  winter  of  1859-60.  Mr.  Dohn  organized  the  first  quartette 
Choir  in  the  history  of  the  Church :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  M.  Fas- 
sett  (T.  and  S.),  Miss  Elizabeth  Boyden  (A.),  and  Mr.  J.  T. 
Jewett  (B.).    Although  the  Choir  was  in  the  immediate  charge 

1  The  corner  stone  of  Trinity  Church  on  Madison  street,  was  laid  on  Wednesday. 
June  5,  1844.  The  first  services  were  held  August  25,  1844.  The  edifice  on  Jackson 
street  was  consecrated  June  16,  1861.  A  lady,  now  residing  in  the  East,  who  was  a 
member  of  the  Choir  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  early  in  the  "forties,"  and  after- 
ward sang  in  the  Choir  of  Trinity  Church,  answered  my  inquiry  as  to  the  organ  of 
that  Church: 

"About  Trinity  Church,  my  memory  is  more  distinct,  as  I  became  a  member  of 
it  in  1847,  under  Bishop  Philander  Chase,  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Walker  being  the  first  Rector. 
The  Choir  in  the  new  wooden  Church  on  Madison  street  was  in  a  gallery  over  the  en- 
trance, and  was  conducted  by  George  Davis,  Esq.,  a  fine  tenor  singer.  Among  the 
volunteers  were  C.  RoUin  Larrabee,  Miss  Dix,  Miss  Haight,  and  myself.  There  was 
neither  organ  nor  any  other  instrument  in  the  first  years  of  Trinity  Church,  but  about 
1849  the  place  of  the  Choir  was  changed  to  the  back  of  the  Church,  and  a  small  organ 
was  put  in,  with  a  single  bank  of  keys." 

2  Mrs.  Emma  Gillingham  Bostwick,  the  best  soprano  soloist  of  her  day  in  Chicago, 
was  bom  in  Philadelphia.  She  commenced  her  career  at  a  concert  of  the  Handel  and 
Haydn  Society  in  Boston  in  1828,  when  she  was  hardly  sixteen  years  old.  In  1836, 
she  married  Mr.  Charles  J.  Bostwick,  who  died  in  1853.  Mrs.  Bostwick  sang  in  con- 
cert at  Niblo's  Garden,  New  York  City,  soon  after  its  opening,  and  in  1853,  she  appear- 
ed with  the  New  York  Philharmonic  Society.  In  the  autumn  of  1857,  Mrs.  Bostwick 
came  to  Chicago  to  take  a  position  in  the  Choir  of  St.  James'  Church,  remaining  there 
several  years  until  a  new  Choir  was  organized  for  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  then  on 
Jackson  street,  when  Dr.  Cummings  was  its  Rector.  The  other  members  of  this  Choir 
were  Mrs.  Cassie  Mattison  (A.),  Mr.  Charles  H.  Seaverns  (T.)  and  Mr.  Jules  G.  Lum- 
bard  (B.).  Mrs.  Bostwick  sang  on  a  number  of  occasions,  in  the  Church  of  the  Holy 
Communion,  a  small  wooden  building  on  the  east  side  of  Wabash  avenue,  south  of 
Lake  street,  when  the  Rev.  John  Sebastian  Bach  Hodges  was  Rector  and  Miss  Faustina 
Hasse  Hodges  had  charge  of  the  music.  After  her  return  in  1866  to  the  east,  Mrs. 
Bostwick  resided  in  New  York  City  until  1870,  when  she  removed  to  Morristown, 
N.  J.,  residing  there  until  she  died,  December  31,  1894.  aged  eighty-one. 


MRS.  CASAXDAXA  ("CASSIE")  MATTESOX. 


A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  223 

of  Mr.  Fassett,  Mr.  Dohn  interested  himself  much  in  its  af- 
fairs, and  they  were  occasionally  assisted  at  the  Sunday  serv- 
ices by  members  of  the  Mendelssohn  Society,  of  which  Mr. 
Dohn  was  then  conductor,  in  selections  from  the  works  of 
Alendelssohn  and  other  composers.  This  class  of  music  did 
not  prove  altogether  acceptable  to  some  of  the  Congregation, 
and  the  use  on  one  Sunday  of  "How  Lovely  Are  the  Messen- 
gers" ("St.  Paul"),  threatened  to  sever  all  relations  between 
organist  and  Music  Committee.  On  leaving  the  First  Church, 
Mr.  Dohn  was  engaged  at  Unity  Church  (Rev.  Robert  Coll- 
yer's),  and  later  at  the  WIestminster  (Fourth  Presbyterian), 
remaining  there  until  Prof.  Swing  resigned  the  pastorate  of 
the  Fourth  Church  to  commence  (1879)  his  new  work  in  Cen- 
tral Music  Hall.  He  organized  the  Mendelssohn  Society  in 
1857;  conducted  the  concerts  of  the  Apollo  Musical  Club  dur- 
ing its  first  two  seasons  (1872-74).  Mr.  Dohn  and  Miss  Pau- 
line King  Johnson  were  married  November  13,  1862,  in  the 
First  Church  by  the  Rev.  Robert  W.  Patterson,  D.  D.,  of  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Dohn  died  February  26, 
1901.  My  diary  of  February  28  has  this  note  in  regard  to 
the  funeral,  held  at  his  home,  165  Locust  street : 

"Sprague  and  I  went  together  at  2  :30  P.  M.  Among  those 
present  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  D.  Hamill,  Mr.  Theodore 
Thomas  and  Mr.  Henry  Greenebaum.  Mr.  George  P.  Upton 
gave  an  address  on  the  life  and  work  of  our  leader,  in  which 
he  spoke  of  Dohn's  stern  honesty  and  sincerity  in  everything 
which  pertained  to  his  art." 

Mr.  Dohn's  successor,  Mr.  Horace  G.  Bird,^  came  to  Chi- 
cago in  October,  1859,  and  was  organist  of  the  First  Church 
from  1860  until  1869.  Though  the  Treasurer's  books  of  the 
Church  were  destroyed  in  the  fire  of  1871,  I  have  ascertained 
the  names  of  all  who  were  in  the  Choir  from  1860  to  1871.  In 
1865  the  members  were  Mrs.  F.  A.  Thomas  (S.),  Miss  Lizzie 

1  Mr.  Horace  Grant  Bird  was  bom  September  3,  1837,  at  Watertown,  Mass.  In 
1858,  he  removed  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he  resided  one  year,  engaged  in  musical 
work.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  1859,  and  was  tenor  in  the  Choir  of  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bird  were  received  into  membership  of  the  First  Church, 
June  27,  1864.  In  later  years,  he  was  organist  at  the  Olivet  Presbyterian  Church, 
Church  of  the  Messiah,  Trinity  Episcopal,  Trinity  Methodist,  Christ  Reformed,  and 
Plymouth  Congregational  Churches;  died  in  Chicago,  April  7,  1897.  His  brother, 
Mr.  Arthur  Bird,  an  able  writer  for  the  voice,  piano,  and  orchestra,  resides  in  Berlin, 
Germany. 


224  A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS. 

Farrell  (A.),  Mr.  Edward  Schultze^  (T.),  and  Mr.  Thomas  G. 
Goodwillie^  (B.).  Mr.  Nicholas  Cawthorne,  at  one  time  di- 
rector of  music  in  the  Western  Female  College  of  Evanston, 
v;as  organist  during  the  temporary  absence  of  Mr.  Bird.  Mr. 
Cawthorne  had  but  one  leg;  nevertheless  he  managed  the  pedals 
and  couplers  with  remarkable  ease. 

Other  members  of  the  Choir  from  1860  to  1871  were : 
Sopranos:  Mrs.  S.  M.  Fassett  and  Miss  Frances  A.  Root.^ 
Altos:  Miss  Frances  Silvey,  now  Mrs.  Alexander  P. 
Moore  mother  of  Mr.  Francis  S.  Moore,  who  has  been  organist 
of  the  First  Church  since  1896;  Miss  Susan  Bird,  sister  of  Mr. 
Horace  G.  Bird;  Miss  Eliza  Davis  (afterward  Mrs.  L.  M. 
Prentiss),  daughter  of  Mr.  George  Davis,  an  early  Choir 
leader  in  Chicago. 

Tenors :  Mr.  E.  Ward,  Mr.  S.  M.  Fassett,  Mr.  Lewis  M. 
Prentiss  who  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  Apollo  Mu- 
sical Club  and  who  died  in  Chicago,  December  6,  1896. 

Basses:  Mr.  Jules  G.  Lumbard*  and  Mr.  W.  N.  Smith 
(died  at  South  River,  Md.,  March  18,  1899).  His  daughter, 
Miss  Eleanor  Smith,  is  a  successful  writer  of  songs  and  resides 
in  Chicago. 

The  Choir  in  November,  1868,  when  Dr.  Mitchell  began 
his  ministry,  was  a  quartette  directed  by  Mr.  Bird ;  but  a  few 
months  later  a  chorus  was  introduced,  under  the  direction  of 
Mr.  J.  W.  Adams.    From  1869  to  October,  1871,  the  organists 

1  Mr.  Edward  Schultze  was  after\%'ard  with  the  Choir  of  the  Church  of  the  Messiah, 
during  the  Ministry  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Laird  Collyer;  then  going  to  St.  James'  Epis- 
copal Church.  In  1876-77,  he  was  with  the  Choir  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church.  When 
the  first  edition  of  this  history  appeared  (1900),  Mr.  Schultze  was  Uving  in  N.  Y.  City. 

2  Mr.  Goodwillie  died  in  Chicago,  April  3,  1896,  aged  fifty-eight.  He  was  well 
known  in  concert  work;  sang  with  the  Oratorio  Society  (1870)  in  Haydn's  "Creation," 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Hans  Balatka;  member  of  the  Choir  of  St.  James'  Episcopal 
Church  (1870):  later  with  the  Choir  of  Christ  Reformed  Episcopal  Church. 

3  Miss  Frances  A.  Root  was  a  successful  teacher  of  the  voice,  and  member  of  the 
Fortnightly  and  Amateur  Musical  Clubs.  In  1870,  she  was  with  the  Choir  of  Grace 
Episcopal  Church.  Miss  Root  was  a  sister  of  Dr.  George  F.  Root,  and  aunt  of  Mr. 
Frederick  W.  Root,  the  well  known  vocal  teacher;  died  in  Chicago,  February  9,  1905. 

*  On  the  steps  of  the  old  Court  House  in  Chicago,  in  1861,  with  the  ink  scarcely 
dry  on  the  pages  of  the  manuscript,  Mr.  Lumbard  sang  George  F.  Root's  war  song, 
"The  Battle  Cry  of  Freedom."  I  remember  the  occasion,  the  singer  and  the  enthu- 
siasm the  song  created.  President  Lincoln  and  General  Grant  declared  that  the  sing- 
ing of  the  war  songs  by  Jules  and  Frank  Lumbard,  brought  20,000  men  to  the  Union 
cause.  Mr.  Lumbard  was  born  April  18,  1831,  in  Honeoye  Falls,  Monroe  County. 
New  York;  died  October  14,  1912,  in  Chicago. 


JULES  G.    LUMBARD. 


ADOLPH   W.   DOHN. 


A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  225 

succeeding  Mr.  Bird  were  Mr.  Frank  T.  Baird/  Dr.  Louis 
Falk,-  and  Dr.  J.  E.  Gilman.^ 

Upon  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Adams,  the  Choir  was  placed 
in  charge  of  Mr.  S.  M.  Fassett.  On  the  night  of  the  great  fire, 
October  8,  1871,  services  were  held  in  the  Church,  conducted 
by  Dr.  Mitchell,  assisted  by  a  chorus  Choir,  of  which  the  prin- 
cipal members  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  M.  Fassett  and  Mr.  John 
R.  Rickey*  (T.),  Dr.  J.  E.  Oilman  (O.). 

I  now  present  a  short  summary  of  the  Choir  leaders  prior 
to  1857 : 

Mr.  Seth  Porter  Warner  was  received  into  the  member- 
ship of  the  Church,  September  13,  1838,  and  led  the  Choir  for 
several  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warner  were  dismissed  by  letter 
March  2,  1853,  to  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church.  Warner's 
Hall,  which  stood  before  the  great  fire  on  Randolph  street,  east 
of  Clark,  was  named  for  him.  Mr.  Warner  died  in  Chicago, 
June  12,  1892,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three. 

Mr.  Elisha  Clark  became  a  member  of  the  Session  in  1816, 
and,  in  1850,  led  the  Choir.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  furniture 
trade  and  one  of  the  first  to  introduce  machinery  in  its  manu- 
facture; died  July  23,  1853,  in  Chicago.  His  son,  the  Rev. 
William  Willis  Clark,  was  (1900)  Secretary  of  the  Interna- 
tional Sunday  Observance  League. 

Mr.  Augustus  Gay  Downs  led  the  Choir  in  1841.  He  was 
received  April  5,  1845,  into  the  membership  of  the  Church. 
Mr.  Downs  was  a  merchant  in  the  early  days  of  Chicago;  in 
1855  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Church. 
The  violoncello  played  by  Mr.  Downs  in  the  Choir  is  now  in 
the  study  of  the  Church,  a  present  from  his  son,  Mr.  Augustus 
H.  Downs.  Mr.  Augustus  G.  Downs  died  October  25,  1878,  in 
Chicago. 

Dr.  Warren  N.  Dunham  (T.)  led  the  Choir  at  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  "Brick  Church"  in  September,  1849.    In  1862,  when 

*  Mr.  Baird  was  bom  in  Worcester,  Mass.;  studied  the  organ  there  with  Mr.  B.  D. 
Allen;  while  still  a  young  man  he  came  to  Chicago,  continued  the  study  of  organ  with 
Mr.  Dudley  Buck;  later  with  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy.  He  studied  the  piano  with  Mr. 
Alfred  H.  Pease  and  Mr.  Emil  Liebling.  Mr.  Baird  was  organist  of  the  Third  Presby- 
terian Church  (1869-1892);  now  (1913)  resides  in  Chicago. 

2  Dr.  Louis  Falk  came  to  Chicago  in  1862;  was  organist  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy 
Name  (1863-1865).  After  two  years'  study  in  Europe,  at  Cassel  and  Leipzig,  he  re- 
turned to  Chicago,  and  was  organist  of  the  First  Church  (1869):  later  with  Unity 
Church  (1870-1871),  when  the  Rev.  Robert  Collyer  was  its  Minister;  with  the  Union  Park 
Congregational  Church  (1871-1896).  Since  1897,  he  has  been  with  the  First  Congre- 
gational Church,  Oak  Park,  Illinois. 

^  Dr.  J.  E.  Oilman  is  a  practicing  physician  and  resides  (1913)  in  Chicago. 

■*  Mr.  John  R.  Rickey  died  in  1884,  in  Chicago. 


226  A  CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS. 

I  first  knew  Dr.  Dunham,  he  had  charge  of  the  Choir  at  St. 
I^Iary's  Roman  Cathohc  Church,  then  at  the  corner  of  Madison 
street  and  Wabash  avenue.  Miss  NelHe  Conkey,  now  Mrs.  W.  S. 
Crosby,  was  organist,  and  Mr.  H.  P.  Danks,  the  composer,  was 
bass  soloist  in  this  Choir.  Dr.  Dunham  organized  a  quartette 
Choir  for  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church  in  1863.  In  1899,  he 
was  Minister  of  the  South  Congregational  Church  at  Cheyenne, 
Wyoming.  On  August  11  of  that  year,  he  wrote  to  me :  "I 
shall  be  seventy-seven  years  old  on  the  20th  of  November, 
next.  I  preach  twice  every  Sunday  and  take  part  in  the  Sun- 
day-school." Dr.  Dunham  died  July  15,  1908,  in  Cheyenne. 

Mr.  Samuel  Montague  Fassett  came  to  Chicago  from 
Galena,  Illinois,  and  opened  a  photographer's  studio  in  1854  at 
the  corner  of  Lake  and  Clark  streets.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fassett 
were  received  into  the  membership  of  the  First  Church,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1856.  The  musical  interest  of  the  Congregation  centered 
largely  in  them  at  that  time,  especially  Mrs.  Fassett,^  who  was 
very  popular.  In  1871,  Mr.  Fassett's  studio  was  at  the  corner 
of  Wabash  avenue  and  Van  Buren  street.  After  the  fire  of 
October,  1871,  he  started  again  in  the  building  on  Wabash 
avenue^  south  of  Eldredge  court.  In  1873,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fas- 
sett moved  to  Washington,  D.  C,  where  they  opened  a  studio, 
which  was  famous  for  the  celebrities  who  made  it  their  head- 
quarters. In  1889,  Mr.  Fassett  was  appointed  government 
photographer  by  President  Harrison;  died  in  Washington, 
August  2,  1910. 

SURVIVING  ME^MBERS  OP  THE  CHOIR  PRIOR  TO  1857. 

Miss  Sarah  Aiken,  now  Mrs.  William  Saltonstall,  of 
Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Miss  Sarah  Brookes. 

Miss  Zanana  S.  Dickey,  now  resides  in  Evanston,  111. 

Miss  Eliza  A.  Johnson,  now  Mrs.  J.  T.  Temple. 

Mrs.  Edward  M.  Goodrich. 

Mr.  James  P.  Root,  now  resides  in  Chicago. 

OTHER   MEMBERS  OF  THE   CHOIR  PRIOR  TO   1857. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brayton  Aiken. 

Mr.  Bates  (flute),  received  into  the  membership  of  this 
Church,  March  11,  1841. 

Mr.  Oscar  L.  Beach  (flute),  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn. 

*  Mrs.  Cornelia  Adele  Fassett  was  bom,  November  9,  1831,  in  Owasco,  N.  Y. 
After  she  came  to  Chicago  with  Mr.  Fassett  in  1854,  she  began  to  show  marked  artis- 
tic talent.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fassett  went  to  Paris  in  1868,  remaining  two  years  for  seri- 
ous study.  Her  best  piece  of  work  is  the  painting  entitled  "The  Electoral  Commis- 
sion," the  property  of  the  Government,  hanging  in  the  Capitol.  Mrs.  Fassett  died  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  January  4,  1898. 


EDWARD  C.   CI.EAVER. 


SAMI'EI.  M.   FASSETT. 


A   CHAPTER  ON  CHOIRS.  22-7 

Gen.  Theodore  F.  Brown  (T.),  son  of  Mr.  William  H. 
Brown;  member  of  The  xA.pollo  Musical  Club  (1876-18T7)  ; 
died  December  22,  1909,  in  Chicago. 

Mr.  Edward  C.  Cleaver  (double  bass),  died  April  10, 
1904,  in  Chicago. 

Mr.  Abel  Sidney  Downs,  died  June  30,  1883,  in  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Abel  Sidney  Downs  (formerly  Miss  Lucy  Ogden), 
died  January  5,  1902,  in  Chicago. 

Miss  Margarette  Clarkson,  afterward  Mrs.  Louis  de  Vill- 
iers  Hoard,  died  August  31,  1910,  at  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Louis  de  Villiers  Hoard  (flute)  of  Shortall  &  Hoard, 
abstracts  of  title  (1864-1873),  died  at  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y., 
March  4,  1893. 

Miss  Sarah  Downs,  afterward  Mrs.  Edwin  Moore,  died 
March  11,  1894. 

Miss  Hoyt,  deceased. 

Mrs.  Harlowe  Kimball,  deceased. 

Miss  Langdon. 

Mr.  James  Marshall  (flute). 

Mr.  Claudius  B.  Nelson  (flute),  died  March  29,  1885. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elijah  Smith;  Mr.  Smith  died  July  15,  1879. 

Miss  Eliza  Smith,  afterward  Mrs.  Volney  Turner. 

Miss  Mary  Smith. 

Miss  Raymond,  sister  of  Mr.  B.  W.  Raymond,  afterward 
Mrs.  T.  B.  Carter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Wilbur;  Mr.  Wilbur  died 
December  25,  1887 ;  Mrs.  Wilbur  died  January  21,  1895. 

Mrs.  Dollivar  Walker. 

Mrs.  Seth  P.  Warner. 

Mr.  T.  C.  Whitmarsh. 


228  JEREMIAH  PORTER. 

JEREMIAH  PORTER,  FOUNDER 

The  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter  was  born  in  Hadley,  Mass., 
December  27,  1804.  He  came  of  a  lineage  which  represented 
the  best  famihes  in  that  commonwealth.  His  grandfather, 
Hon.  Samuel  Porter,  married  Susanna,  a  granddaughter  of 
Jonathan  Edwards,  the  elder,  "one  of  the  brightest  lumina- 
ries," says  Robert  Hall,  "of  the  Christian  Church,  not  ex- 
cluding any  country  or  age,  since  the  apostolic,  and  by  whose 
death  Calvinism  lost  its  ablest  defender."  Jeremiah  Porter 
was  educated  at  Hopkins  Academy  and  Williams  College, 
entering  Williams  in  the  same  class  with  David  Dudley  Field. 
In  the  year  ahead  of  him,  were  Mark  Hopkins  and  Brainerd 
Kent,  our  "Father  Kent,"^  who  founded  Railroad  Mission. 
Mr.  Porter  was  graduated  in  1825,  and  in  the  same  year 
entered  Andover  Theological  Seminary.  Doubting  if  he 
was  called  to  the  ministry,  he  left  the  Seminary  after  two 
years,  and  in  the  spring  of  1828  took  charge  of  a  high  school 
in  Troy,  N.  Y.  He  entered  Princeton  Theological  Sem- 
inary in  1830,  and  in  the  autumn  of  1831,  after  graduation, 
was  ordained  at  the  request  of  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  as  a  Missionary  Evangelist.  In  November,  he  began 
his  missionary  work  at  Fort  Brady,  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Michi- 
gan Territory,  holding  a  revival  in  the  fort  and  town,  and 
organizing  a  Church  of  five  members,  which  soon  increased 
to  thirty-three. 

The  Home  Missionary  for  May,  1832,  contains  an  article 
by  young  Porter,  giving  some  experiences  of  pioneer  life  at 
Fort  Brady,  with  an  account  of  his  journey  from  the  East 
and  the  primitive  conveyances  in  use  at  that  time.  After 
eight  days  and  nights  of  continuous  travel,  he  reached  De- 
troit (Fort  Gratiot),  only  to  wait  another  ten  days  for  a 
vessel  going  up  the  lakes.  Seven  days  more  were  consumed 
in  going  to  Mackinac,  where  he  was  again  "held  up,"  (the 
last  vessel  for  the  season  having  gone)  until  a  canoe  was 
sent  for  him  from  the  Sault.     In  this   frail  craft,  propelled 

I  The    Rev.    Brainerd    Kent    was    born    in    Dorset,  Vt.,    April  25,   1802;  died  in 
Chicago,  January  29,  1888. 


JEREMIAH  PORTER— FOUNDER. 


JEREMIAH  PORTER.  229 

by  two  French  boatmen,  whose  language  he  could  not  speak, 
with  a  black  man  for  a  companion,  in  bitter  cold  weather, 
the  last  ninety  miles  of  his  voyage  were  accomplished. 

In  later  life,  Mr.  Porter  often  spoke  of  the  long  voyage 
in  May,  1833,  when  he  accompanied  the  troops,  under  the 
command  of  Major  Fowle,  from  the  Sault  Ste.  Marie  to  Fort 
Dearborn.  He  dwelt  with  pleasure  on  his  recollections  of 
a  little  child,  then  only  a  year  and  a  half  old,  the  daughter 
of  Major  Fowle,  who  helped  to  brighten  his  tedious  trip. 
"It  was  her  mother,"  says  Dr.  Mitchell,  "who  may  be  said 
to  have  brought  to  this  place  the  founder  of  its  first  Chris- 
tian Church,  or  at  least  to  have  been  the  right  hand  helper 
of  the  pioneer."  Forty  years  after  that  voyage,  when  Mr, 
Porter  was  in  Boston,  a  lady  sought  him  out  and  asked  him 
if  he  were  the  Minister  who  accompanied  Major  Fowle  and 
the  troops  to  Chicago  in  1833.  Learning  that  he  was,  she 
replied:  "Do  you  remember  the  little  girl  that  was  on  board? 
I  am  that  little  girl."  She  became  the  wife  of  Mr.  Henry 
F.  Durant  of  Boston,  and  at  that  time  (1873),  she  and  her 
husband  were  engaged  in  the  generous  enterprise  of  founding 
Wellesley  College. 

The  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter  organized  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church,  of  Chicago,  in  the  capacity  of  a  Missionary 
Evangelist,  representing  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  but  never  having  been  installed,  he  could  not  be  prop- 
erly called  its  first  Alinister.  The  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
founded  by  him  on  June  26,  1833,  is  the  oldest  religious  Society 
in  Chicago — older  than  the  town  of  Chicago,  which  was  not 
incorporated  until  August  10,  1833.  Mr.  Porter  aided  the 
Baptists  in  starting  their  first  Society,  October  19,  1833,  and 
gave  the  use  of  the  Presbyterian  meeting  house  to  the  Episco- 
palians for  the  organization  of  St.  James'  Church  in  Octo- 
ber, 1834.1 


1  The  records  of  St.  James'  Episcopal  Church  show  that  its  first  service  "was  held 
in  the  Presbyterian  Church  on  October  12,  1834,  by  the  Rev.  Palmer  Dyer.  The  Rev. 
Isaac  Hallman,  who  had  been  sent  out  to  this  western  land  by  the  Domestic  Board  of 
Missions,  arrived  in  Chicago  on  the  evening  of  October  12,  and  preached  his  first  ser- 
mon in  the  Baptist  Church  at  Franklin  and  South  Water  streets,  the  following  Sun- 
day, October  19.  On  October  26,  1834,  the  parish  was  organized  in  an  unfinished 
frame  building  on  North  W'ater  street,  near  the  Dearborn  street  drawbridge." 


230  JEREMIAH  PORTER. 

During  the  first  two  years  of  its  existence,  the  infant 
Church  was  more  or  less  dependent  on  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  for  its  support,  Mr.  Porter's  position  being  that  of 
stated  supply.  His  whole  life  seems  to  have  been  consecrated 
to  missionary  work  on  the  frontier,  organizing  Churches  and 
planting  the  good  seed  in  carefully  selected  places,  leaving 
to  others  the  care  and  management  and  gathering  of  the  fruit. 
And  what  a  goodly  heritage  has  come  down  to  us ! 

In  1835,  Dr.  Porter  accepted  the  call  to  the  Main  Street 
Presbyterian  Church,  Peoria,  III,  w^here  he  felt  there  was 
great  need  for  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel.  Dr.  Porter's 
next  pastorate  was  in  Farmington,  Fulton  County,  111.,  where 
he  labored  until  the  spring  of  1840,  and  then  accepted  a  call 
to  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  remaining 
there  eighteen  years.  From  Green  Bay,  he  came,  in  1858,  to 
the  Edward's  Congregational  Church  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Henry  W.  Dudley  in  his  address  (Memorial  Service, 
1904)  on  the  life  of  Dr.  Porter,  said : 

"I  speak  of  Dr.  Porter  from  two  standpoints;  first,  from 
my  afifection  for  him  as  the  founder  of  this  Church,  with  which 
I  have  now  been  connected  some  forty  years ;  and  second,  from 
the  fact,  that  when  I  felt  it  my  duty  to  enlist  as  a  soldier  in 
the  Civil  War,  I  found  to  my  suprise  on  going  into  the  field 
that  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter  was  Chaplain  of  the  Regiment, 
to  which  my  company  (B),  of  Taylor's  Battery,  had  been  as- 
signed. His  relation  to  our  company  was  especially  intimate, 
as  he  had  a  son,  James  W.  Porter,  now  a  member  of  this 
Church,  and  a  nephew,  Harmon  T.  Chappell,  in.  our  ranks." 

I  cannot  give  a  better  account  of  the  noble  services  of 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Porter  in  the  Sanitary  and  Christian  Com- 
missions during  the  Civil  War  than  by  quoting  the  words  of 
Dr.  Barrows,  in  his  sermon  at  the  Jubilee  Services  in  1883 : 

"Dr.  and  Mrs.  Porter  joined  the  army  for  service  in  the 
field  at  Cairo,  in  March,  1862,  and  labored  in  the  hospitals 
at  Cairo,  Mound  City,  Pittsburg  Landing,  Memphis,  and  Vicks- 
burg.  Dr.  Porter  entered  Vicksburg  on  July  6,  1863,  and 
helped  bury  the  dead  found  in  the  hospitals.  During  the 
next  winter,  he  ministered  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Vicks- 
burg, and  served  in  the  city  hospitals,  while  Mrs.  Porter  fol- 
lowed with  sanitary  stores  the  army  corps  in  Tennessee  and 
Alabama.    Dr.  Porter  joined  his  wife  under  Kennesaw  Moun- 


JEREMIAH  PORTER.  231 

tain,  and  passed  the  summer  of  186-i  at  Marietta,  Ga.,  until 
the  capture  of  Atlanta,  ministering  to  the  wants  of  the  sick 
and  wounded  of  our  army,  and  also  to  the  needs  of  the  Con- 
federate prisoners.  Five  of  the  Confederate  officers  and 
twenty  of  the  Confederate  soldiers  gave  to  Mrs.  Porter  certifi- 
cates testifying  to  her  great  kindness  to  them,  and  asking  like 
kindness  to  her,  if  she  should  ever  become  a  prisoner.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Porter  were  at  Savannah  a  few  days  after  General 
Sherman  made  a  Christmas  gift  of  that  city  to  the  nation.  After 
the  surrender  of  Lee,  they  went  to  Washington  to  labor  with 
the  troops  there,  and,  later,  accompanied  General  Logan's 
army  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  remained  with  that  corps  till 
July  31,  1865.  Later  in  the  year,  Dr.  Porter  was  sent  by 
the  United  States  Christian  Commission  to  the  troops  on  the 
Rio  Grande,  who  were  ordered  there  to  protect  our  border 
from  the  aggressions  of  France  under  the  Emperor  IMaximilian. 
Mrs.  Porter  was  sent  there  at  the  same  time  with  supplies, 
by  the  North  West  Sanitary  Commission.  Their  work  with 
the  troops  having  been  accomplished,  and  the  Rio  Grande 
Seminary  having  been  revived  by  Mrs.  Porter,  they  were  called 
to  Chicago  in  the  spring  of  1866.  That  year.  Dr.  Porter  ac- 
cepted the  call  to  the  Congregational  Church  at  Prairie  du 
Chien.  Wis.,  and  in  1868,  he  became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Brownsville,  Tex.,  and  with  his  wife  and  the  Misses 
Grant  of  Chicago,  took  charge  of  the  Rio  Grande  Seminary. 
In  1870,  Dr.  Porter  was  appointed  by  the  United  States  Senate, 
Post  Chaplain,  U.  S.  A.,  at  Fort  Brown,  and  officiated  there 
until  1873.  He  was  then  transferred  to  Fort  Sill,  Indian 
Territory,  and  in  1875,  to  Fort  Russell,  Wyoming  Territory. 
He  was  retired  from  service  by  act  of  Congress,  June  30, 
1882.  Few  lives  have  been  as  eventful  and  useful  as  those 
here  sketched.  There  are  multitudes  on  earth  and  in  heaven 
who  call  them  blessed." 

Dr.  Porter's  last  days  were  quietly  passed  in  the  home 
of  his  beloved  daughter  at  Beloit,  Wis.,  where  he  died  on 
July  25,  1893,  in  the  ninetieth  year  of  his  age.  At  the  funeral 
services,  held  in  the  College  Chapel,  Pastor  Hamlin  preached 
from  the  text  of  Dr.  Porter's  first  sermon  in  Fort  Dearborn: 
"Herein  is  my  Father  glorified,  that  ye  bear  much  fruit"  (St. 
John  XV :  8),  a  text  happily  illustrated  by  the  fruitful  life  of 
this  beloved,  successful  missionary. 


232  JOHN  BLATCHFORD. 

JOHN  BLATCHFORD,  FIRST  MINISTER 

It  has  been  my  privilege,  in  recent  years,  to  spend  a  few 
weeks  every  summer  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  where  there  are 
two  old  Churches  which  have  always  interested  me;  the  South 
Congregational,  from  which  the  Rev.  Daniel  Lord,  D.  D.,  came 
in  1869  to  the  pulpit  of  the  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
the  North  Congregational,  from  which  the  Rev.  John  Blatch- 
ford,  D.  D.,  was  called  seventy-eight  years  ago,  to  be  the 
Minister  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago. 

There  were  two  Blatchfords  associated  with  the  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Bridgeport  (or  Newfield,  as  the  city  was 
in  former  times  called),  the  Rev.  Samuel  Blatchford,  Minister 
from  1797  to  1804,  and  his  son  John,  IMinister  from  1830  to 
1836.  In  the  chapel  of  the  North  Church,  are  portraits  of  all 
the  Ministers,  and  in  the  Church  proper,  memorial  windows 
for  Ministers,  officers,  and  members  who  have  been  associated 
with  the  Church  life  since  its  organization  in  1695.  The  por- 
traits of  Samuel  and  John  Blatchford  and  a  memorial  window 
were  contributed  by  John  Blatchford's  son,  Mr.  E.  W.  Blatch- 
ford of  our  city,  for  the  Celebration  in  1895  of  the  200th 
Anniversary  of  the  Church. 

John  Blatchford,  born  in  Bridgeport  (1799),  educated  at 
Princeton,  and  having  served,  as  a  faithful  Minister,  the  old 
Church  in  Bridgeport  for  six  years,  was  still  a  young  man, 
say  thirty-seven,  when  the  call  came  to  him  from  the  West. 
It  needed  strong  faith  and  much  courage  in  that  day  for  an 
educated,  refined  man  to  leave  the  comforts  of  life  in  the 
East,  and  with  a  family,  undertake  pioneer  work  on  the 
frontier,  leaving  the  associations  and  traditions  of  a  Church 
already  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  old,  and  to  begin  life 
anew,  as  it  were,  with  new  Church  surroundings  on  the  prairies 
of  Illinois.  The  young  Minister  having  decided  that  his  future 
work  was  in  the  West,  started  with  his  family  on  the  journey 
from  Connecticut  to  Illinois,  a  journey  characterized  by  some 
peculiar  hardships.  How  they  reached  Detroit,  I  cannot  say; 
but  in  that  city  they  took  passage  on  the  brig  "Erie"  and  came 
through  Lakes  Huron  and  Michigan,  in  September,  1836,  only 


JOHN    BLATCIU-ORL) 
From  a  dagvierrfolype  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  E.  \V.  BUitcliford. 


JOHN  BLATCHFORD.  233 

to  reach  Chicago  in  a  furious  storm  and  meet  shipwreck  off 
the  foot  of  Madison  street. 

Let  us  consider  now  some  of  the  conditions  of  life  in 
Chicago  in  1837.  In  1833,  when  Jeremiah  Porter  organized  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Fort  Dearborn,  the  entire  popula- 
tion consisted  of  the  troops  in  the  garrison  with  a  few  traders 
and  settlers  on  the  outside,  possibly  three  hundred  people  in 
all.  I  recall  an  Old  Settlers'  reception  at  the  Calumet  Club 
some  thirty  years  ago  and  hearing  Hon.  John  Wentworth  say 
that  on  New  Year's  day,  1837,  he  took  a  sleigh,  with  two 
horses  and  called  upon  all  the  married  people  in  the  settle- 
ment. The  population  had  increased  in  1837,  when  Dr.  Blatch- 
ford  began  his  labors,  to  perhaps  three  thousand.  The  Church 
at  that  time  was  still  holding  services  in  a  frame  structure, 
known  throughout  the  settlement  as  the  "Lord's  House,"  situ- 
ated on  the  southwest  corner  of  Lake  and  Clark  streets. 

After  the  departure  of  Dr.  Porter  in  1835,  earnest  efforts 
were  made  to  secure  a  Minister,  among  others  a  call  being  sent 
to  the  Rev.  Joel  Hawes,  D.  D.,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  On 
receipt  of  the  letter,  Dr.  Hawes  went  to  Judge  Williams  of  that 
city  to  ask,  "where  is  this  place,  'Chick-a-go'?  I  have  a  call 
to  go  out  there  and  preach."  On  being  told  that  "Chick-a-go" 
was  in  a  swamp  back  of  Lake  Michigan,  he  thought  it  best  to 
decline  the  call.  How  little  did  the  old  conservative  East,  in 
their  comfortable  homes,  realize  in  1837  the  possibiHties  of 
the  mighty  West!  Hartford  had  at  that  time  a  population  of 
perhaps  10,000,  Bridgeport  the  same.  Today  Bridgeport  has 
102,000,  Hartford  has  98,000,  while  we  have  two  millions  and 
many  other  things  for  which  we  consider  life  worth  living. 

On  December  25,  1836,  Miss  Frances  L.  Willard,  an  early 
teacher  in  Chicago,  wrote  to  a  friend  in  the  East : 

"We  have  prospects  of  a  Minister  at  last.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Blatchford,  from  some  town  near  New  York  City,  has  received 
■a  call,  has  not  accepted  it,  but  will  preach  here  this  winter. 
Thirty  thousand  dollars  are  subscribed  for  the  erection  of  a 
meeting  house  to  be  built  of  marble,  but  not  finished  under 
two  years. "^ 


1  Andreas'  History  of  Chicago,  Vol.  1,  page  301. 


234  JOHN  BLATCHFORD. 

Dr.  Blatchford,  as  we  have  seen,  started  West  in  1836, 
and  after  a  brief  stay  in  Chicago,  went  to  Jacksonville,  Illinois, 
where  he  filled  for  that  winter  the  office  of  President  of  Illinois 
College.  While  in  Jacksonville,  he  received  a  call  from  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Chicago,  which  he  accepted  and 
was  installed  as  its  first  :Minister,  on  July  1,  1837.  All 
thoughts  the  people  may  have  entertained  about  the  erection 
of  a  Church  "to  be  built  of  marble"  were  soon  dispelled  by  the 
financial  depression  of  1837.  The  frame  meeting  house  on 
the  rear  of  the  lot  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Lake  and  Clark 
streets,  a  little  north  of  the  Sherman  House,  was  in  1837-8 
removed  to  the  rear  part  of  the  lot  on  the  southwest  corner 
of  Clark  and  Washington  streets,  the  present  site  of  the  Chi- 
cago Opera  House.  Diagonally  from  this  corner,  on  the  site 
of  Bryan  Hall  of  later  days,  was  the  parsonage  built  for  Dr. 
Blatchford,  called  from  its  color,  the  "yellow  cottage,"  a 
modest  story  and  a  half  structure,  afterward  enlarged  to  pro- 
vide a  study  and  library  for  the  Minister. 

In  those  early  days,  the  Minister's  work  was  essentially  that 
of  laying  the  foundations  for  the  future  civic  and  religious  life 
of  this  great  city  and  in  moulding  into  some  proper  form  the 
various  elements  that  came  pouring  in.  During  his  entire  minis- 
try of  two  years,  Dr.  Blatchford  gave  himself  up  to  the  preach- 
ing of  the  Word,  with  a  zeal  which  consumed  his  vital  forces 
and  materially  shortened  his  life.  His  practical  preaching, 
combined  with  faithful  pastoral  work,  resulted  in  a  revival  in 
the  winter  of  1838-9,  which  extended  to  the  other  Churches  of 
the  North  and  West  sides. 

The  following  incident  will  illustrate  the  character  of  the 
duties  of  a  Minister  in  that  early  day.  In  company  with  Elder 
Benjamin  W.  Raymond,  on  February  19,  1838,  Dr.  Blatch- 
ford went  in  a  sleigh  to  Mechanics'  Grove,  about  thirty-five 
miles  northwest  of  Chicago  in  Lake  County,  for  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  Church.  They  crossed  the  Desplaines  river  on  the 
ice,  at  which  point,  with  kindly  solicitude,  they  were  met  by 
Elisha  Clark,  of  Mechanics'  Grove,  and  were  guided  by  him 
safely  over  the  intervening  prairie. 

Another    illustration    of    the    work    needed    in    founding 


JOHN  BLATCHFORD.  235 

Presbyterian  Churches  in  a  new  country,  is  afforded  in  a  letter 
from  a  pioneer  ^Minister  who  recalls  the  scenes  of  those  early 
days : 

"The  occasion  and  place  of  my  first  acquaintance  with  Dr. 
Blatchford  was  at  a  Presbyterian  camp  meeting,  held  near  the 
Des  IMoines  river,  in  Clark  County,  Mo.  The  reason  of  this 
kind  of  meeting  was  the  scarcity  of  meeting  houses  for  the 
use  of  the  then  scattered  families  of  this  denomination.  To 
unite  these  loyal  Christians,  it  was  deemed  well  to  have  an 
occasional  camp  meeting,  answering  in  some  degree  to  the  three 
or  four  days'  meetings  to  which  they  were  accustomed  in  their 
old  home  Churches.  The  preparations  for  the  meeting  were 
quite  primitive.  The  friends  would  gather  together,  decide 
on  the  location,  clear  the  ground,  cut  down  trees,  using  the 
smaller  ones  for  'stringers,'  and  splitting  the  larger  ones 
into  'puncheons'  for  seats.  A  few  log  cabins  were  built,  with 
a  specially  large  one  for  the  preachers.  This  was  furnished 
with  a  half  dozen  split  bottomed  chairs,  a  small  table,  and  an 
abundance  of  new,  sweet  straw.  Then  the  rustic  stand  for 
the  Minister  completed  this  line  of  preparation  for  the  big 
meeting.  But  this  was  by  no  means  all  the  preparation  made 
for  the  occasion.  The  faithful  and  devout  women,  not  a 
few,  had  been  saving  their  poultry  and  their  pantries  for 
weeks,  to  give  of  their  best  to  the  expected  friends. 

Among  the  Ministers  present  at  this  first  meeting,  held, 
I  think,  in  the  fall  of  1843,  was  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Blatch- 
ford, who  made  a  deep  impression  upon  my  then  youthful 
mind.  He  was  about  forty-five  years  of  age,  yet  seemed  like 
a  young  man  of  twenty-five.  He  was  in  good  health,  of  beam- 
ing countenance,  filled  with  joy-giving  life.  Every  one  around 
him  seemed  to  catch  the  inspiration  that  animated  him.  He 
was  the  manliest  Minister  I  had  ever  met.  No  wonder  the 
people  listened  to  the  words  of  truth  and  grace  that  poured 
from  his  lips !  His  preaching  was  in  the  demonstration  of  the 
spirit  and  of  power." 

Dr.  Blatchford's  winning  personality  and  genial  nature, 
his  generous  hospitality,  and  sense  of  humor,  combined  with 
strong  social  instincts,  made  him  a  delightful  companion  and 
cemented  friendships  among  both  young  and  old,  the  memory 
of  which  still  lingers  in  the  communities  which  enjoyed  his 
ministrations. 

By  reason  of  continued  ill  health,  Dr.  Blatchford  was 
obliged  to  terminate  his  work  in  Chicago  and  retired  from  the 
pastorate,  August  18,  1839,  at  his  own  request. 


236  JOHN  BLATCHFORD. 

After  a  year  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  he  removed  to  Marion 
College,  Mo.  (1841-44),  first  as  professor  and  afterward  as 
President.  In  his  own  house.  Dr.  Blatchford  conducted  the 
education  and  training  of  theological  students,  and  may  be 
called  the  pioneer  of  New  School  Presbyterianism  in  Mis- 
souri. The  last  year  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Quincy,  Illinois, 
to  which  he  removed  in  1847.  These  later  years  were  much 
occupied  in  establishing  the  Presbyterian  Theological  Sem- 
inary of  the  Northwest,  now  known  as  the  McCormick  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  of  Chicago.  He  was  President  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  St. 
Louis,  April  8,  1855. 

I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Eliphalet  W.  Blatchford  for  the  data 
given  in  this  sketch  of  the  life  of  his  father. 


FLAVEL   BASCOM. 


FLAVEL  BASCOM.  237 

FLAVEL  BASCOM,  SECOND  MINISTER 

The  Memorial,  published  the  year  following  Dr.  Bas- 
com's  death,  contains  the  sermon  of  the  Rev.  G.  F.  S.  Sav- 
age, D.  D.,  prepared  for  the  funeral  services  of  "this  devoted 
servant  of  the  Lord,"  whose  "long  and  eventful  life  of  four 
score  and  six  years  has  been  mostly  spent  in  faithful  and 
successful  service  in  the  Christian  ministry."  Dr.  Bascom  was 
born  June  8,  1804,  in  Lebanon,  Conn.,  a  town  remarkable 
as  the  birthplace  of  many  noted  statesmen,  governors,  judges, 
divines,  and  theologians.  As  early  as  1735,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wheel- 
ock,  afterward  President  of  Dartmouth  College,  was  Minister 
of  the  Church  in  "this  little  country  town  on  the  rocky  hills  of 
eastern  Connecticut."  He  was  an  intimate  friend  and  co- 
worker with  Whitefield,  and,  as  a  preacher,  is  said  to  have 
had  the  same  remarkable  power  and  control  over  his  audiences. 
Five  governors  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  were  born  at 
Lebanon,  viz. :  two  Jonathan  Trumbulls,  Joseph  Trumbull, 
William  A.  Buckingham,  and  J.  Clark  Bissell.  "The  first 
governor  Trumbull,"  says  Dr.  Savage,  "was  the  'Brother  Jona- 
than' of  Revolutionary  fame,  the  right  hand  man  and  trusted 
counsellor  of  Washington  during  all  that  terrible  struggle  for 
independence,  and  whose  influence  was  said  to  be  second 
only  to  that  of  Washington."  Among  the  eminent  divines 
and  theologians  whose  birthplace  was  Lebanon,  we  find  the 
names  of  Dr.  Joseph  Lyman,  Dr.  EHphalet  Williams,  Dr. 
Elijah  Parish,  Dr.  R.  R.  Gurley,  Dr.  William  Lyman,  the  Rev. 
David  Huntington,  the  Rev.  Daniel  Huntington,  father  of 
Bishop  Huntington  of  central  New  York,  the  Rev.  John  Bart- 
lett,  and  many  others. 

Flavel  Bascom  entered  Yale  College  in  1824,  and  was 
graduated  in  1828.  Among  his  classmates  were  Prof.  Ben- 
jamin D.  Silliman,  Judge  O.  S.  Seymour,  the  Rev.  T.  S.  Clark, 
D.  D.,  and  Hon.  Linus  Child.  His  theological  studies  were 
pursued  at  the  Yale  Theological  Seminary,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1832.  He  was  one  of  the  band  of  Yale  grad- 
uates who,  in  1833,  came  as  Home  Missionaries  to  Illinois, 
entering  the  state  at  its  upper  gateway,  Chicago,  and  after- 


238  FLAVEL  BASCOM. 

ward  founded  the  Illinois  College  at  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Bascom 
found  in  Fort  Dearborn,  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter  and  the  Rev. 
Aratus  Kent,  an  heroic  missionary,  who  had  just  come  over 
to  Chicago  from  his  work  in  Galena,  111.,  and  who,  after- 
ward, wrote  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Home  Society:  "If  the 
pier  now  commencing  should  be  permanent  and  the  harbor 
become  a  safe  one,  Chicago  will  undoubtedly  grow  as  rapidly 
as  any  village  in  the  western  country." 

Dr.  Bascom's  first  pastorate  was  in  Tazewell  County,  111., 
and  here  he  was  ordained  in  1833  as  an  evangelist  by  the 
Sangamon  Presbytery.  During  the  next  six  years,  he  labored 
as  a  home  missionary,  organizing  Churches  and  preaching  in 
Peoria,  Tremont,  and  Pleasant  Grove. 

He  came  to  Chicago  in  the  autumn  of  1839,  as  agent 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  for  the  state  of 
Illinois,  and  preached  for  a  time  to  the  people  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  after  the  departure  of  Dr.  Blatchford. 
This  resulted  in  a  call  being  extended  to  him  January  21, 
1840,  to  become  the  Minister  of  the  Church.  He  accepted 
this  invitation  with  the  understanding  that  he  might  con- 
tinue his  missionary  labors  during  the  summer  months.  As 
a  result  he  was  not  installed  until  November  11,  1840. 

The  first  five  years  of  Dr.  Bascom's  pastorate  in  Chi- 
cago, particularly  the  years  1841,  1843,  and  1845,  were  dis- 
tinguished by  extensive  revivals  of  religion,  resulting  in  the 
addition  of  large  numbers  to  the  membership  of  the  First 
Church.  The  records  of  the  Presbytery  show  that  in  1846  the 
Society  had  456  members  on  its  rolls.  Within  the  next  five 
years,  in  consequence  of  the  bitter  dissensions  among  the  mem- 
bers, caused  by  the  discussion  of  the  slavery  question,  the  mem- 
bership declined  nearly  one-half.  The  population  and  wealth 
of  the  city,  however,  increased  enormously  during  the  nine 
years  of  Dr.  Bascom's  pastorate.  When  he  began  his  labors 
in  1840,  the  population  numbered  4,479,  increasing  to  23,047 
nine  years  later,  when  he  tendered  his  resignation.  As  a  conse- 
quence of  this  extraordinary  growth  of  the  city,  the  Church 
property  at  the  corner  of  Clark  and  Washington  streets  had 
increased  so  much  in  value  that  the  Trustees  were  enabled 


FLAVEL  BASCOM.  239 

to  mortgage  the  property  (qv  the  money  necessary  to  com- 
plete the  "Brick  Church."  At  the  dedicatory  services  of  the 
new  building  in  September,  1849,  Dr.  Bascom  preached  the 
sermon  from  the  text  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Sewell  used  at 
the  dedication  of  the  historic  Old  South  Church  in  Boston. 
"The  glory  of  this  latter  house  shall  be  greater  than  the 
glory  of  the  former,  saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts."     (Haggai  ii:  9.) 

Dr.  Bascom's  ministry  in  Chicago  terminated  in  Decem- 
ber, 1849,  being  dismissed  from  the  pastorate  at  his  own  re- 
quest. "At  the  urgent  solicitation  of  friends  of  Knox  Col- 
lege, and  of  the  First  Church  of  Christ,  at  Galesburg,  111.,  he 
removed  there,  and  continued  as  the  Minister  of  that  Church 
from  January  1,  1850,  to  May,  1855."  The  following  year 
he  again  took  up  missionary  work,  and  at  the  close  of  this 
agency,  he  removed  to  Dover,  111.,  serving  as  Minister  of  the 
Church  there  from  April  1,  1859,  to  April  1,  1864.  The 
establishment  of  Dover  Academy  was  one  of  the  results  of 
this  pastorate.  From  July,  1864,  until  November,  1869,  he  was 
Minister  of  the  Church  in  Princeton,  111.,  removing  after- 
ward to  Hinsdale,  where  he  continued  to  supply  the  Congre- 
gational Church  from  time  to  time  until  1887,  when  extreme 
age  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  la}^  aside  the  burdens  of  a 
regular  Minister.  Six  months  were  spent  by  him  in  Mont- 
gomery, Ala.,  in  happily  ministering  to  a  colored  Church  in 
that  city.  "Feeling  the  infirmities  of  age,  he  returned  to 
Princeton  to  be  near  his  son,  and  to  end  his  life  work  among 
his  former  parishioners  whom  he  loved,  and  by  whom  he 
was  loved  and  honored."  Dr.  Bascom  died  at  Princeton,  111., 
August  8,  1890. 

Mrs.  Bascom  died  August  21,  1910,  at  Ottawa,  111. 


240  HARVEY  CURTIS. 

HARVEY  CURTIS,  THIRD  MINISTER 

The  Rev.  Harvey  Curtis,  D.  D.,  son  of  Elisha  and  Resign 
(Clary)  Curtis,  was  born  in  Adams,  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y., 
May  30,  1806.  He  was  educated  at  Middlebury  College,  Ver- 
mont, graduating  in  August,  1831,  with  the  highest  honors  of 
his  class.  After  studying  two  years  in  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary,  he  returned  to  Middlebury  as  a  tutor.  In  1834, 
he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Troy,  N.  Y., 
and  in  the  spring  of  1835  became  the  stated  supply  of  the 
Church  in  Whiting,  Vt.  Later  in  that  year,  he  was  ordained  by 
the  Brandon  Congregational  Association  as  Minister  of  the 
Congregational  Church  in  Brandon,  Vt.,  where  he  remained 
until  1841,  when  he  removed  to  Cincinnati  to  assume  the 
agency  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society.  In  1843, 
he  accepted  a  call  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Madi- 
son, Ind.,  where  he  remained  until  the  call  came  to  him  from 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago. 

The  records  of  the  Session  contain  this  note,  under  date 
of  August  26,  1850: 

"Session  met  and  opened  with  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Harvey 
Curtis,  who  sat  as  Moderator  for  the  first  time  after  his  accept- 
ance of  the  pastoral  charge  of  this  Church." 

Dr.  Curtis'  pastorate  in  Chicago  was  characterized  by  un- 
usual acceptance  and  usefulness,  though  he  came  at  a  critical 
period  in  the  history  of  the  Society,  when  its  property  was 
incumbered  with  a  heavy  debt  and  its  membership  much 
reduced  by  strife  and  dissension.  Subsequent  revivals,  under 
his  earnest  ministration,  added  large  numbers  to  the  member- 
ship of  the  Church,  and  the  growth  in  the  wealth  and  popula- 
tion of  the  city  (23,000  in  1850  and  97,000  in  1857)  enabled 
the  Society  to  dispose  of  its  property  to  advantage,  pay  its 
debts,  and  secure  for  itself  a  better  location  on  Wabash 
avenue. 

"He  was  prevailed  upon  against  his  own  desires,"  says 
Dr.  Barrows,  "to  accept  the  presidency  of  Knox  College, 
Galesburg,  III,  in  1858,  where  he  laboriously  and  honorably 
served  till  his  death,  September  18,  1862." 


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HARVEY  CURTIS.  241 

Dr.  Joseph  F.  Tuttle,  President  of  Wabash  College,  in 
a  letter  to  Dr.  Barrows,  at  the  time  of  the  Jubilee  Services 
in  1883,  gave  some  recollections  of  Dr.  Curtis: 

"He  was  a  charming  companion.  As  a  preacher,  he  im- 
pressed me  with  a  feeling  that  he  was  very  sincere  and  earnest. 
He  was  an  able  speaker,  and  not  infrequently  truly  eloquent. 
In  the  General  Assembly,  he  was  a  fine  debater,  clear,  earn- 
est, and  master  of  himself.  He  shared  in  the  great  debates 
which  made  the  Assembly  (New  School)  so  fascinating  and 
aggressive,  especially  when  slavery  and  the  subjects  of  Church 
extension  and  Home  Missions  were  discussed.  Not  an  ex- 
tremist, he  was  strongly  in  favor  of  the  plans  which  were  so 
splendidly  foreshadowed  in  Dr.  Mills'  great  sermon  on  Home 
Missions  before  the  Assembly  at  Utica  in  1851. 

"Dr.  Curtis,  when  I  first  saw  him,  was,  physically,  very 
vigorous;  he  had  a  good  presence,  a  ringing  and  manly  voice, 
an  easy  command  of  strong  English  words,  and  an  air  of 
earnestness  that  had  no  hint  of  afifectation  and  that  made  him 
a  strong  man  in  the  pulpit  and  on  the  floor  of  an  ecclesiastical 
assembly." 

Mr.  E.  S.  Wells,  who  came  to  Chicago  in  1850,  united  with 
the  First  Church  in  1854  and  was  later  an  Elder,  said  of  Dr. 
Curtis : 

"There  were  few  that  had  his  foresight  in  regard  to  the 
future  of  Chicago.  With  a  prophetic  eye,  he  seemed  to  roll 
up  the  curtain  of  time  and  saw  the  mighty  millions  that  would 
make  Chicago  the  great  commercial  center  it  is  today.  Nor 
was  his  foresight  confined  to  Chicago  alone.  No  man  in 
Chicago  did  more  to  lay  the  foundations  of  Lake  Forest  and 
its  institutions  of  learning  upon  which  others  have  builded  so 
successfully,  than  he. 

"I  remember  the  last  sermon  Dr.  Curtis  preached  in  the 
'  Brick  Church '  on  the  corner  of  Clark  and  Washington 
streets.  There  was  a  vein  of  humor  which  caused  a  smile 
when  he  said :  '  When  this  Church  was  dedicated,  God  was 
thanked  for  the  beautiful  temple  which  they  had  been  per- 
mitted and  enabled  to  build  for  His  worship,  where  we  and 
our  children  and  our  children's  children  could  assemble  and 
worship,  and  the  idea  was,  down  to  the  remotest  generation, 
and  now  in  eight  short  years  the  deep,  swift  waves  of  business 
have  overwhelmed  us.'  " 

Speaking  of  Dr.  Curtis'  pastorate  here,  Dr.  Humphrey 
says : 


242  HARVEY  CURTIS. 

"Though  his  Church  was  more  than  once  sorely  tried  dur- 
ing his  administration,  he  conducted  it  through  its  perils  with 
consummate  wisdom,  and  left  it  a  strong  and  harmonious 
body." 

I  am  indebted  to  his  son,  Mr.  Henry  M.  Curtis,  for  the 
excellent  portrait  of  his  father  which  accompanies  this  article. 

Another  son,  the  Rev.  Edward  H.  Curtis,  D.  D.  has  been, 
since  1895,  minister  of  the  Woodlawn  Park  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Chicago. 


ZEPHANIAH   MOORE  HUMPHREY. 


ZEPHANIAH  MOORE  HUMPHREY.  243 


ZEPHANIAH  MOORE  HUMPHREY, 
FOURTH  MINISTER 

Wliile  collecting  material  for  this  work,  I  wrote  to  Airs. 
Humphrey,  asking  where  I  might  obtain  a  copy  of  the  Memorial 
Sketch  of  her  husband,  prepared  by  the  Rev.  David  Torrey, 
D.  D.,  of  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.    In  her  reply  she  said : 

"New  Haven,  Conn.,  May  24,  1899. 

"It  is  as  if  a  hand  had  touched  the  strings  of  an  instru- 
ment which  had  stood  a  long  time  silent,  to  have  you  ask  for 
a  copy  of  the  Memorial  of  my  dear  husband.  And  from 
what  source  would  I  so  like  to  have  the  touch  come  as  from 
the  dear  old  First  Church  of  Chicago,  the  Zion  to  which  was 
given  the  freshest,  ripest  and  best  period  of  his  ministry." 

The  Memorial  Sketch  is  an  affectionate  testimonial  from 
one  who  knew  Dr.  Humphrey  well,  from  the  time  he  entered 
college  "until  he  finished  his  course  on  earth  and  entered  into 
rest."^ 

Zephaniah  Moore  Humphrey  was  born  August  30,  1824, 
at  Amherst,  Mass.,  and  was  named  in  honor  of  Dr.  Zephaniah 
Moore,  the  first  President  of  Amherst  College.  His  father. 
Dr.  Heman  Humphrey,^  was  at  that  time  its  second  President. 

The  ancestors  of  Dr.  Humphrey,  both  on  his  father's 
and  mother's  side,  were  of  good  New  England  stock.  In 
the  Humphrey  line,  may  be  found  one  governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  one  governor  of  the  New  Haven  colony — men 
whose  strong  characteristics  were  "piety  and  integrity." 
Zephaniah's  paternal  grandmother  was  Hannah  Brown,  a 
direct  descendant  of  Peter  Brown,  who  came  over  in  the 
"Mayflower"  in  1620.  She  was  sister  of  Capt.  John  Brown 
of  West  Simsbury,  Conn.,  and  he  was  father  of  John  Brown, 


1  Memorial  Sketch  of  Zephaniah  Moore  Humphrey,  by  David  Torrey.  Lippincott 
&  Co.,  Philadelphia.  1883.     Dr.  Torrey  died  September  29,  1894.  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 

2  The  First  Church  of  Christ,  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  contains  this  memorial  for  Dr. 
Heman  Humphrey: 

"This  Tablet  is  devoted  by  this  Parish  to  the  memory  of  Rev.  Heman 
Humphrey,  S.  T.  D.,  who  was  installed  Minister  of  Pittsfield,  November  26,  1817.  He 
was  dismissed  A.  D.  1823,  with  universal  regret,  to  take  the  Presidency  of  Amherst 
College,  which  he  resigned  and  returned  to  this  town  A.  D.  1840.  where  he  lived 
twenty-one  years,  revered  and  loved  by  the  whole  people,  and  where  he  died  April  30, 
1861,  aged  eighty-two  years. 

'The  righteous  shall  be  in  everlasting  remembrance.'  " 


244  ZEPHANIAH  MOORE  HUMPHREY. 

of  Ossawatomie,  so  that  Zephaniah's  father  was  own  cousin 
to  John  Brown,  of  Ossawatomie.  Zephaniah's  mother  was 
Sophia  Porter,  daughter  of  Noah  Porter  of  Farmington, 
Conn.  Her  brother,  Noah  Porter,  became  Minister  at  Farm- 
ington, honored  and  esteemed  in  a  pastorate  which  covered 
nearly  sixty  years.  Of  the  children  of  the  latter,  his  son, 
Noah,  became  the  distinguished  professor  of  philosophy,  and 
afterward  President  of  Yale  University,  while  the  daughter, 
Sarah  Porter,^  was  for  thirty  years  proprietor  and  beloved 
principal  of  the  well  known  Farmington  School  for  young 
ladies. 

The  years  of  Dr.  Humphrey's  childhood  were  passed  at 
Amherst,  among  the  wooded  hills  of  the  Connecticut  valley, 
in  the  midst  of  a  panorama  of  natural  loveliness  and  beauty, 
scarcely  to  be  surpassed  in  the  whole  world. 

He  entered  Amherst  College  in  1839,  and,  after  gradu- 
ation in  1843,  spent  a  year  or  more  in  charge  of  a  select  school 
at  Crednal,  Loudon  County,  Va.  He  returned  north  to  spend 
a  year  at  Union  Seminary  before  going  to  Andover  in  1847, 
where  he  came  under  the  guidance  of  that  prince  of  teachers. 
Professor  Park,  completing  his  course  in  1849.  In  1850  he 
became  Minister  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Racine, 
Wis.  On  April  20,  1853,  he  married  Miss  Harriette  Sykes, 
of  Westfield,  N.  Y.  In  1856,  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Ply- 
mouth Congregational  Church  of  Milwaukee,  remaining  there 
until  he  began  his  work  in  Chicago. 

Dr.  Humphrey's  pastorate  in  Chicago  commenced  May 
15,  1859.  At  the  installation  services  on  Tuesday  evening, 
June  17,  the  Rev.  Yates  Hickey,  the  Moderator,  offered  the  in- 
troductor}^  prayer,  read  the  Scripture  lesson,  and  propounded 
the  usual  questions  to  the  Minister  and  people.  The  Rev. 
Henry  Neill  of  Detroit,  preached  the  sermon  from  the  text : 

"So  then  it  is  not  of  him  that  willeth  nor  of  him  that 
runneth,  but  of  God  that  sheweth  mercy." 

"For  the  Scripture  saith  unto  Pharaoh,  Even  for  this  same 
purpose  have  I  raised  thee  up,  that  I  might  show  my  power  in 
thee,  and  that  My  name  might  be  declared  throughout  all  the 
earth."     (Romans  ix :  16,  17.) 

'  Miss  Sarah  Porter  died  at  Farmington,  Conn.,  Februari"   17,    1900.   aged  eighty 
seven  years. 


THE  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH  (1866). 
Wabash  Avenue  Near  Congress  Street. 


ZEPHANIAH  MOORE  HUMPHREY.  245 

The  Rev.  Robert  W.  Patterson,  D.  D.,  offered  the  installa- 
tion prayer.  The  charge  to  the  Minister  was  delivered  by 
the  Rev.  A.  L.  Brookes,  and  the  charge  to  the  people  by  the  Rev. 
Harvey  Curtis,  D.  D. 

Dr.  Humphrey's  ministry  covered  the  entire  period  of 
the  Civil  War,  four  years  of  intense  excitement  and  stirring 
events. 

"The  pastor  of  the  First  Church,"  says  Dr.  Barrows, 
"was  not  found  wanting  in  this  great  national  emergency ;  nor 
were  its  members,  for  they  were  enrolled  among  the  nation's 
defenders  and  among  the  nation's  martyrs." 

"The  ministry  of  Dr.  Humphrey,"  says  Prof.  Albert  ]Mc- 
Calla,  "was  a  period  of  great  activity  and  growth  in  the 
Church.  He  was  greatly  beloved  as  a  preacher,  his  services 
were  largely  attended,  and  the  Church  increased  in  membership 
and  in  means.  The  old  edifice  on  Wabash  avenue,  north 
of  Congress  street,  was  completed  by  carrying  up  the  two 
towers  to  their  full  height.  When  the  lecture  room,  used  for 
Sunday-school  and  prayer  meetings,  upstairs  over  the  vesti- 
bule, became  too  small,  the  chapel  was  built  on  Congress  street. 
It  was  during  Dr.  Humphrey's  ministry  that  the  Railroad  Mis- 
sion Chapel  was  built  on  Pacific  avenue,  near  Van  Buren 
street,  where  its  great  school  of  a  thousand  members  was 
gathered  in.  Out  on  the  West  Side,  Foster  Mission  was  built 
on  Jefferson  street.  Two  other  smaller  missions  were  estab- 
lished and  carried  on.  In  the  great  activities  of  the  war  time, 
the  Soldiers'  Aid  Societies,  the  Woman's  Sanitary  Commission, 
etc.,  the  members  of  this  Church  were  leading  workers." 

After  nine  years  of  earnest,  blessed  work,  Dr.  Hum- 
phrey tendered  his  resignation  for  reasons  which  were  set  forth 
in  a  letter  read  to  the  Congregation,  Monday  evening,  February 
3,  1868: 

"Dear  People:  Grace  be  unto  you,  and  peace  from  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

It  is  now  nearly  nine  years  since  I  became  your  pastor, 
and  I  may  truly  say,  that  while  those  years  have  consti- 
tuted a  period  of  prosperity  to  the  Church,  they  have  been 
as  full  of  happiness  to  me  as  you  could  make  them.  The 
cordiality  with  which  you  welcomed  me  at  first  has  been  more 
than  sustained.  I  have  long  felt  sure,  not  only  of  your  inter- 
est, but  also  of  your  love.  Until  within  a  few  months,  I  had 
cherished  no  thought  or  wish  to  leave  you." 


246  ZEPHANIAH  MOORE  HUMPHREY. 

The  Minister  then  referred  to  the  call  he  had  received 
from  Calvary  Church  of  Philadelphia,  and  the  health  of  a 
beloved  member  of  his  family  which  had  been  seriously  im- 
paired during  the  previous  winter  by  the  rigorous  climate 
of  Chicago,  for  whom  a  further  residence  in  this  city  would 
be  hazardous. 

"May  God  bless  you  for  the  past,  and  send  you  a  Min- 
ister around  whom  you  will  gather  with  the  unanimity  with 
which  you  have  gathered  around  me  and  mine,  and  who  will 
do  far  more  for  your  spiritual  prosperity  than  I  have  been  able 
to  accomplish." 

On  Sunday  morning,  ]\Iarch  1,  1868,  the  ^Minister  preached 
his  farewell  sermon  from  the  text :  "And  when  he  would  not 
be  persuaded,  we  ceased,  saying,  the  will  of  the  Lord  be 
done."    (Acts  xxi :  14.) 

"Chicago  will  remain  to  me  essentially  what  it  is  today, 
though  to  you  it  may  broaden  by  the  inflow  of  many  millions. 
There  will  be  new  Ministers  in  all  of  these  Churches,  but  to  me 
the  old  ones  will  still  be  here.  Nay,  even  that  brother,  be- 
loved, who  has  just  found  the  messenger  of  death  in  that 
southern  clime  where  he  sought  the  angel  of  healing,  will 
still  be  here." 

Dr.  Humphrey  here  referred  to  the  Rev.  Edward  A. 
Pierce,  Minister  of  Calvary  Presbyterian  Church,  who  passed 
away,  February  26,  at  Tallahassee,  Fla. 

Dr.  Humphrey  removed  to  Philadelphia  in  the  autumn 
of  1868  and  remained  there  seven  years  as  Minister  of  Calvary 
Church.  When  the  General  Assembly  met  in  the  First  Church 
of  Chicago  in  May,  1871,  Dr.  Humphrey  was  chosen  Moder- 
ator. In  September,  1875,  he  entered  on  the  duties  of  pro- 
fessor of  "Ecclesiastical  History  and  Church  Polity"  in  Lane 
Theological  Seminary  at  Cincinnati,  continuing  there  until  his 
lamented  death,  which  occurred  November  13,  1881.  Dr.  Hum- 
phrey was  buried  in  Graceland  Cemetery,  Chicago. 


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ARTHUR  MITCHELL.  247 

ARTHUR  MITCHELL,  FIFTH  MINISTER 

The  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  was  born  at  Hudson,  N. 
Y.,  August  13,  1835.  After  his  graduation  from  Williams  Col- 
lege in  August,  1853,  he  was  engaged  one  year  as  tutor  at 
Lafayette  College,  in  Easton,  Pa.  He  then  devoted  one  year  or 
more  to  foreign  travel. 

His  theological  studies  were  pursued  at  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  entering  in  1856,  and  graduating  in  1859. 
He  then  accepted  a  call  to  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Richmond,  Va.,  where  he  remained  until  May,  1861.  He  was 
married  October  9,  1859,  to  Miss  Harriet  E.  Post.  The  fol- 
lowing letter  from  the  Rev.  P.  B.  Price,  who  succeeded  Dr.  Mit- 
chell at  Richmond,  gives  an  interesting  account  of  his  work 
while  in  the  South : 

"Roanoke,  Va.,  June  9,  1899. 

"Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell  entered  upon  his  duties  as  pastor 
of  the  Third  Church  of  Richmond,  on  the  last  Sabbath  in  May, 
1859,  and  continued  in  this  relation  till  the  27th  of  June,  1861, 
when  he  returned  to  New  York  City. 

"During  this  time,  I  resided  within  the  bounds  of  the  Con- 
gregation, of  which  I  afterward  succeeded  him  as  pastor. 

"His  preaching  and  his  pastoral  work,  his  social  qualities, 
and  his  zeal  and  diligence  attracted  much  attention  from  the 
beginning  of  his  ministry;  the  Church  grew  and  prospered  un- 
der his  care.  He  was  distinguished  for  conscientiousness  in  the 
performance  of  all  his  duties,  and  would  make  important  sacri- 
fices for  conscience's  sake. 

"Under  this  influence,  he  reached  the  conclusion  that  he 
ought  to  spend  his  vacation  in  preaching  to  the  destitute,  rather 
than  in  idle  rest,  for  recreation.  He  went  away  in  the  summer 
to  southwest  Virginia  and  preached  in  protracted  services  to 
some  obscure  people  in  Grayson  county.  His  labors  were 
blessed,  and  the  people  showed  that  he  had  won  their  affection 
and  excited  their  gratitude.  The  brethren  of  the  Presbytery 
were  warmly  attached  to  him. 

"After  he  left  Richmond,  I  visited  him  in  Morristown,  N. 
J.,  in  1866,  where  he  was  pastor  of  a  large  and  important 
Church,  and  was  much  esteemed.  He  told  me  that  he  was 
preaching  there  the  same  simple  Gospel  sermons  that  he  had 
preached  in  Richmond, 


248  ARTHUR  MITCHELL. 

"I  had  the  use  of  Mr.  Mitchell's  library  until  I  could  send 
it  to  him  after  the  war.  It  abounded  in  evidences  of  his  studies 
and  pious  habits. 

"When  he  came  to  Richmond,  soon  after  the  war,  he  left 
with  me  $200,  to  be  distributed  among  those  of  the  Congrega- 
tion who  were  in  need  at  that  time ;  some  were  in  this  condition 
who  had  not  known  the  ills  of  poverty  before." 

Dr.  Mitchell's  next  pastorate  was  with  the  South  Street 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  Morristown,  X.  J.  Here  he  labored 
from  October,  1861,  until  he  began  his  work  in  Chicago  in  the 
autumn  of  1868. 

In  his  letter  of  acceptance  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Chicago,  dated  August  34,  1868,  he  says : 

"I  accept  the  call  which  you  have  tendered  me  to  be- 
come your  pastor. 

"I  hope  to  remove  to  Chicago  by  the  middle  of  October, 
but  doubt  whether  I  shall  be  able  to  enter  fully  upon  the 
labors  of  my  pastorate  before  the  first  of  November.  If  it  is 
possible  for  me  to  do  so  earlier,  I  will.  Upon  one  point 
allow  me  a  frank,  plain  word.  I  fear  that  in  a  Congregation 
of  the  size  of  yours  I  shall  not  be  able  to  maintain  that  sys- 
tem of  general  visitation  which  some  pastors  have  the 
strength  to  observe,  and  which  I  know  is  of  the  utmost  use- 
fulness." 

Dr.  Mitchell  preached  his  first  sermon  as  Minister  of 
our  Church,  October  25,  1868,  from  Isaiah  Ixiv:  6:  "But  we 
are  all  as  an  unclean  thing,  and  all  our  righteousnesses  are 
as  filthy  rags."    He  was  installed  November  10,  1868. 

It  was  my  privilege  to  hear  him  for  the  first  time  on  a 
Sunday  morning  soon  after  his  installation.  When  the  hour 
for  opening  Divine  service  had  arrived,  the  new  Minister 
came  promptly  into  the  pulpit — a  slightly  built  man,  about 
five  feet  six  inches  in  height,  with  dark  brown  hair,  mous- 
tache, and  eyes,  and  a  kindly,  earnest  face,  which  fairly 
glowed  with  enthusiasm  as  he  became  interested  in  his  sub- 
ject. The  sermon  that  day  was  on  Congregational  singing, 
how  to  promote  it,  how  to  elevate  it;  a  subject  with  which 
the  preacher,  a  good  singer  himself,  was  perfectly  familiar, 
and  which  he  handled  ably  and  skillfully.  Dr.  Mitchell  be- 
lieved that  much  of  the  music  used  in  Church  worship  should 
be  of  a  kind  in  which  the  Congregation  could  take  a  hearty 


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ARTHUR  MITCHELL.  249 

part.  The  Minister  spoke  simply  and  unaffectedly,  without 
any  attempt  at  oratory;  but  there  were  few  in  the  Congre- 
gation that  morning  who  did  not  go  away  fully  convinced 
that  here  was  a  man  of  whose  sincerity  and  piety  there  could 
not  be  the  slightest  question :  elements  of  his  character 
which  afterward  won  for  him  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all 
the  people  in  this  city. 

In  May,  1871,  largely  through  the  influence  of  our  Min- 
ister, the  General  Assembly^  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  held 
its  annual  meeting  in  the  edifice  of  the  First  Church.  Dr. 
Mitchell  was  very  active  in  making  this  meeting  of  the  As- 
sembly a  success,  and  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee on  devotional  exercises.  The  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey, 
D.  D.,  of  Philadelphia,  the  former  Minister  of  the  First 
Church,  was  elected  Moderator.  The  Rev.  Herrick  Johnson, 
D.  D.,  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Home 
Missions,  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Logan,  D.  D.,  chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions.  One  of  the  notable 
commissioners  to  this  meeting  of  the  Assembly  was  the  Rev. 
John  Hall,  D.  D.,  of  New  York  City.  The  retiring  Moder- 
ator, the  Rev.  J.  Trumbull  Backus,  D.  D.,  preached  the  ser- 
mon from  the  text : 

"From  whom  the  whole  body  fitly  joined  together  and 
compacted  by  that  which  every  joint  supplieth,  according  to 
the  effectual  working  in  the  measure  of  every  part,  maketh 
increase  of  the  body  unto  the  edifying  of  itself  in  love." 
(Ephesians  iv:  16.) 

After  the  consolidation  (October,  1871)  of  the  First 
Church  with  the  Calvary  Presbyterian,  an  important  work 
confronted  Minister  and  officers — the  completion  of  the  edi- 
fice commenced  by  Calvary  Church  (1870),  at  the  corner  of 
Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty-first  street,  the  future  home  of 
the  new  First  Church.  Messrs.  James  Otis,  chairman  of  the 
building  committee,  J.  C.  Cochrane,  architect,  and  Addison 
Ballard,  superintendent,  had  many  conferences  with  Dr.  Mit- 


1  Two  other  meetings  of  the  Assembly  in  Chicago  may  be  noted;  that  of  1858.  of 
which  the  Rev.  L.  P.  Thompson,  D.  D.,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  was  Moderator,  and  that 
of  1877,  of  which  the  Rev.  James  Eells,  D.  D.,  of  San  Francisco.  California,  was  Moder- 
ator. Mr.  Henry  W.  Dudley,  of  our  Session,  has  kindly  given  me  the  above  facts, 
regarding  the  meetings  of  the  Assembly  in  Chicago. 


250  ARTHUR  MITCHELL. 

chell  over  the  details  of  the  new  Church.  The  plans  of  the 
architect  called  for  a  tall,  graceful  spire.  But  the  Trustees 
did  not  wish  the  spire  to  be  built,  on  account  of  the  diffi- 
culty of  construction  and  the  cost.  Dr.  Mitchell  and  Mr.  Bal- 
lard thought  otherwise. 

"I  held  a  serious  consultation,"  said  Mr.  Ballard,  "with 
Messrs.  Otis  and  Cochrane  and  the  Minister,  and  we  decided 
to  go  on  with  the  construction  of  the  spire  and  put  it  in 
place  without  further  agitation  of  the  subject.  I  had  the 
timber  delivered  on  the  ground  of  the  vacant  lot  on  Indiana 
avenue,  opposite  the  Church,  and  here  we  built  the  spire, 
fitting  each  piece  in  its  place.  Then  we  took  it  all  apart  and 
lifted  it,  with  derricks,  piece  by  piece,  to  the  tower  of  the 
Church,  and  before  anyone  knew  what  was  going  on,  we  had 
the  spire  in  place.  Today  it  stands  a  thing  of  beauty,  to  be 
seen  from  afar,  and  to  be  recognized  as  the  spire  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church.  There  is  not  another  one  in  the  city 
of  such  beautiful  proportions." 

Dr.  Mitchell  always  showed  a  great  interest  in  munici- 
pal reform ;  he  attended  the  primaries  regularly,  worked  at 
the  polls,  and  often  preached  from  the  pulpit  on  the  respon- 
sibilities  and  obligations  of  citizens  in  such  matters.  The 
scenes  in  connection  with  the  ballot  box  stuffing  at  the 
South  Town  election,  April  4,  1876,  which  he  witnessed,  with 
other  citizens,  and  the  outburst  of  popular  indignation  when 
three  disreputable  candidates  declared  themselves  elected 
collector,  assessor,  and  town  clerk — all  these  matters  will  be 
recalled.  When  the  election  of  these  men  was  contested  by  a 
citizens'  committee  before  the  justices  of  the  peace  of  the 
South  Town  on  April  15,  the  evidence  of  the  witnesses 
showed  conclusively  that  the  ballot  boxes  had  been  tampered 
with;  the  statement  of  Dr.  Mitchell  was  particularly  clear 
and  positive.  The  court  decided  accordingly,  declaring  that 
there  was  no  valid  election  and  that  vacancies  existed  in  the 
offices  of  collector,  assessor,  and  town  clerk. 

The  Chicago  Tribune  of  April  17  said  of  Dr.  Mitchell's 
action  in  this  election : 

"The  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  'the  little  dominie'  of  ad- 
mirable resources  in  connection  with  the  recent  stirring 
events  in  the  South  Town,  preached  yesterday  in  the  First 


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ARTHUR  MITCHELL.  251 

Presbyterian  Church  on  the  duties  of  Christian  citizens  in 
the  present  crisis.  A  clergyman  who  knows  how  to  act, 
ought  to  know  how  to  preach  about  an  emergency." 

Among  the  important  sermons  of  Dr.  Mitchell  was  that 
on  systematic  giving,  entitled  "The  King's  Business,"  on 
the  text,  "Now  concerning  the  collection  for  the  saints,  as  I 
have  given  order  to  the  churches  of  Galatia,  even  so  do  ye" 
(I  Cor.  xvi :  1,  2),  delivered  from  the  pulpit  of  this  Church, 
January  19,  1879.  This  sermon  resulted  in  establishing  the 
system  of  annual  pledges  and  weekly  offerings,  for  the  vari- 
ous benevolent  causes. 

In  August,  1880,  the  Minister  accepted  a  call  from  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  preached 
his  farewell  sermon  in  Chicago,  October  17,  1880. 

He  resigned  his  pastorate  in  Cleveland  to  accept  the 
position  of  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  en- 
tering on  his  duties  in  New  York  City,  July  4,  1884.  Few 
men  were  better  informed  on  the  work  of  Foreign  Missions 
than  Dr.  Mitchell.  It  had  been  with  him  a  subject  of  care- 
ful, earnest  study  from  the  commencement  of  his  ministry, 
and  he  knew  the  needs  and  resources  of  the  Board  and  the 
work  in  the  mission  fields,  as  he  knew  his  Bible. 

In  July,  1889,  he  started,  under  the  appointment  of  the 
Board,  to  visit  the  mission  stations  in  Japan,  Korea,  China, ^ 
Siam,  and  Syria,  returning  to  New  York  City  in  July  of  the 
following  year.  While  on  that  tour,  he  was  taken  seriously 
ill  in  Siam,  and  several  months  elapsed  before  he  could 
resume  work;  the  Board  accordingly  requested  him  not  to 
begin  his  duties  in  New  York  City  until  October,  1890.  In 
the  spring  of  1892,  his  health  again  showing  symptoms  of 
giving  way,  the  Board  allowejd  him  a  vacation  of  three 
months  for  a  trip  to  the  Pacific  coast,  where  he  regained  a 
fair  amount  of  vigor.     In  November  of  that  year,  he  went 

'  Two  of  Dr.  Mitchell's  daughters  are  devoting  their  lives  to  the  work  which  was 
the  all  absorbing  thought  with  their  father — Foreign  Missions.  Alice  Mitchell  is  a 
missionary  in  India,  stationed  in  the  foot-hills  of  the  Himalayas.  Julia  Post  Mitchell 
has  been  appointed  a  member  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Christian  College,  in  Canton, 
China,  and  departed  for  her  field  of  labor  in  July,  1913.  Miss  Mitchell  is  a  graduate  of 
Smith  College  (1901);  was  instructor  in  English,  Vassar  College  (1908-9);  lecturer  on 
Shakespeare,  Columbia  College  (1911-12).  She  is  preparing  for  publication  a  biog- 
raphy of  St.  Jean  de  Crevecoeur,  a  post  revolutionary  consul  from  France  to  the 
United  States. 


252  ARTHUR  MITCHELL. 

to  Florida  by  the  advice  of  his  physician,  returning  north 
early  in  the  following  year.     Dr.  Mitchell's  last  public  ad- 
dress was  at  Albany,  in  October,  1893,  before  the  Synod  of  M 
New  York.    He  passed  away  on  April  24,  1893,  at  Saratoga,  ^ 

N.  Y. 


I 


JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS.  253 

JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS,  SIXTH 
MINISTER 

My  recollections  of  Dr.  Barrows  date  from  a  morning 
spent  in  his  home  in  East  Boston,  Alass.,  thirty-two  years  ago. 
He  was  then  Minister  of  the  Maverick  Congregational  Church 
of  that  city,  but  was  considering  the  call  which  he  had  just 
received  from  the  First  Church  of  Chicago.  My  mission 
was  quite  unofficial,  simply  to  meet  the  Minister  and  his 
wife  and  urge  their  acceptance  of  the  call,  assuring  them 
of  the  cordial  welcome  they  would  receive  from  our  people. 
I  came  away  from  the  interview  impressed  with  the  attrac- 
tive personality,  sincere  spirituality,  and  lofty  ideals  of  this 
young  preacher. 

"Among  the  supporters  of  the  First  Church  at  this 
time,"  says  Mary  Eleanor  Barrows,^  "were  strong  men.  Dr. 
D.  K.  Pearsons  and  Marshall  Field  of  national  reputation, 
old  settlers  with  force  and  sagacity,  men  and  women  of  va- 
ried talent,  devoted  to  the  Church  and  ready  to  co-operate 
with  a  leader  who  should  possess  large  ideals  for  them  and 
their  city." 

Such  a  leader  was  John  Henry  Barrows.  "The  man  and 
the  hour's  come." 

His  parents  were  the  Rev.  John  Manning  Barrows  and 
Catherine  Payne  Moore,  an  early  graduate  of  Oberlin  Col- 
lege. The  simple,  wholesome  life  of  Professor  Barrows  and 
his  wife  in  the  Medina  Union  Seminary,  where  the  father 
taught  school  in  the  morning  and  worked  an  eighty  acre 
farm  in  the  afternoon,  while  the  mother  spent  the  morning 
in  housework,  cooked  dinner  for  their  fourteen  boarders, 
and  in  the  afternoon  taught  mathematics — all  this  had  much 
to  do  with  the  making  of  John  Henry  Barrows.  Such  were 
the  surroundings  of  the  birthplace,  July  11,  1847,  in  a  log 
cabin  near  Medina,  Lenawee  county,  Michigan,  of  one  of 
America's  famous  preachers,  the  sixth  Minister  of  this 
Church. 


1  "John   Henry   Barrows;"   a   Memoir  by   his  daughter,    Mary    Eleanor   Barrows. 
Fleming  H.  Revell  Company,  Chicago,  1904. 


254  JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS. 

In  1867  he  was  graduated  from  Olivet  College,  Michigan, 
and  entered  Yale  Divinity  School  in  the  autumn,  where, 
"thanks  to  the  discipline  of  Western  halls,  he  was  a  leader  in 
his  class."  He  attended  the  lectures  of  Professors  Day, 
Porter,  and  Dwight,  but,  best  of  all,  our  young  Candidatus 
Theologiae,  heard  Newman  Hall,  whom  he  thought  a  great 
preacher,  but  not  like  Beecher,  "a  wellspring  of  Divine 
power."  The  following  year,  while  attending  lectures  at 
Union  Seminary,  New  York  City,  he  became  a  member  of 
Plymouth  Church,  Brooklyn,  in  order  that  he  might  come 
under  the  influence  of  its  noted  preacher,  Henry  Ward 
Beecher. 

Forced  by  ill  health  to  abandon  study  in  the  autumn  of 
1869,  he  became  a  farmer  and  home  missionary  in  Osage 
county,  Kansas.  There  he  lived  three  years,  preaching, 
farming,  lecturing,  and  writing,  until  the  spring  of  1872, 
when  he  was  called  to  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Springfield,  Illinois.  Ill  health  again  interrupted  his  work. 
On  the  21st  of  June,  1873,  Mr.  Barrows  sailed  for  Europe  for  a 
year  of  travel  and  study.  Among  his  fellow  passengers  on 
ship,  was  Miss  Sarah  Eleanor  Mole,  of  Williamstown,  Massa- 
chusetts, "who  immediately  assumed  possession  of  his 
heart."  Years  afterward  he  dedicated  his  most  important 
work  to  her,  "the  bright  star  of  a  happy  Christian  home,  the 
crown  of  God's  best  earthly  gifts."  He  remained  one  year 
abroad,  preaching  at  the  American  Chapel  in  Paris  and  in 
Rome,  with  hard  study  ad  interim,  finally  visiting  Egypt,  Greece, 
and  the  Holy  Land.  In  London,  he  heard  Spurgeon  speak  to 
a  great  audience,  on  Stephen's  Martyrdom,  "one  of  the  richest, 
most  pungent,  and  most  telling  sermons  that  I  have  ever  heard." 

Upon  his  return  to  America,  he  spent  one  year  at  the 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  during  which  time,  he  had  the 
opportunity  of  preaching  frequently  during  the  winter  of  187-4 
at  the  Park  Street  Church,  Boston.  In  February,  1875,  he  was 
called  to  the  Eliot  Congregational  Church,  of  Lawrence, 
Massachusetts,  and  on  April  29,  was  both  ordained  and  in- 
stalled.    On  May  6,  1875,  John  Henry  Barrows  and  Sarah 


JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS.  255 

Eleanor  Mole  were  married — "a  wise  step,  as  Mrs.  Barrows 
was  of  incalculable  aid  to  her  husband,  by  her  good  coun- 
sel, high  ideals,  and  unfailing  sympathy." 

His  next  pastorate  was  that  of  the  Maverick  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  East  Boston,  where  he  was  installed  in  De- 
cember, 18S0.  This  new  field  was  full  of  interest  to  him,  as 
he  came  in  contact  at  the  Boston  Ministers'  meetings,  with 
such  men  as  Drs.  S.  E.  Herrick,  J.  L.  Withrow,  of  Park 
Street  Church  (later  with  the  Third  Presbyterian  of  Chi- 
cago), and  Charles  F.  Thwing,  President  of  Adelbert  Col- 
lege of  Western  Reserve  University,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  At  a 
meeting  of  the  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
and  Society  of  Chicago,  Wednesday  evening,  July  27,  1881,  a 
formal  call  was  extended  to  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Barrows 
to  become  their  Minister.  Although  the  new  opening  great- 
ly interested  him,  he  felt  bound  to  decline,  as  he  had  been 
only  one  winter  in  Boston,  and  the  Maverick  Church  was 
$33,000  in  debt.  My  father,  Mr.  James  Otis,  was  in  Boston 
at  the  time  and  called  on  Mr.  Barrows.  "Why  do  you  hesi- 
tate, young  man,  about  accepting  this  call?  The  West  is 
the  place  for  young  men.  There  are  strong  men  in  the 
First  Church,  and  they  need  you."  Our  committee  agreed 
finally  to  pay  $5,000  towards  the  debt  if  he  would  come  to 
Chicago.  With  the  aid  of  Mr.  Edward  Kimball,  the  famous 
debt  raiser,  the  entire  sum  was  secured  that  summer,  and 
the  call  from  our  Church  accepted. 

One  clause  from  his  letter  of  acceptance,  October  3, 
1881,  may  be  quoted: 

"The  earnest  unanimity  which  you  have  manifested  in 
regard  to  my  coming  to  Chicago  is  to  me  a  cheerful  proph- 
ecy that  we  are  to  work  together  with  Christian  zeal  for  the 
great  ends  of  the  Gospel." 

Sunday  evening  services  in  Central  Music  Hall,  then 
at  the  southeast  corner  of  State  and  Randolph  streets,  had 
been  started  by  Mr.  William  L.  Tomlins,  conductor  of  the 
Apollo  Musical  Club,  the  first  being  held  Sunday  evening, 
December  10,  1882,  with  an  address  by  Professor  Swing  on 
"The  Relation  of  Music  to  Morals."  Mr.  Tomlins'  plan  was 
to   have   the   co-operation   of    the    Ministers    of    Chicago    at 


256  JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS. 

these  services,  with  the  assistance  of  local  soloists  and  a 
chorus  from  the  Apollo  Musical  Club.  Owing  to  a  lack  of 
systematic  financial  support,  the  work  was  about  to  stop.  At 
the  request  of  Mr.  Tomlins,  I  asked  Mr.  Barrows  if  he  would 
not  speak  some  Sunday  evening.  He  kindly  accepted  the 
invitation,  and  on  Sunday  evening,  January  7,  1883,  spoke 
on  the  Lord's  Prayer.  While  waiting  for  the  people  to  as- 
semble, an  audience  which  filled  every  vacant  seat  and  every 
inch  of  standing  room,  I  told  Mr.  Barrows  of  Mr.  Tomlins'^ 
purpose  to  abandon  the  services.  "I  can  make  this  suc- 
ceed," was  his  reply.  "What  an  audience !  What  an  in- 
spiration !"  A  committee  from  the  First  Church  was  soon 
formed  for  maintaining  the  services  until  June,  with  Mr. 
Tomlins  as  leader  of  the  chorus,  Mr.  Clarence  Eddy,  organ- 
ist, and  the  Choir  of  the  First  Church.  The  Central  Music 
Hall  work  was  carried  on  until  June  1,  1888.  From  1888-91, 
Sunday  evening  services  were  held  in  the  home  Church 
with  a  large  Choir  and  instrumental  soloists. 

Mr.  Barrows  received  the  degree  of  D.  D.  in  1882  from 
the  University  of  Lake  Forest,  and  in  1884,  he  was  elected  a 
Trustee  of  Knox  College,  Galesburg,  Illinois. 

On  April  28-30,  1889,  our  Church  celebrated  the  Centen- 
nial of  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 
Dr.  Barrows  preached  a  great  sermon  at  each  service,  full 
of  gratitude  for  the  fundamental  laws  of  our  land  and  to 
God  who  has  preserved  us  as  a  nation.  "His  beautiful  trib- 
ute to  the  common  soldier  of  the  Union  army,"  said  Col. 
Charles  Ailing,  "is  a  prose-poem  and  has  found  its  way  into 
the  school  readers.  No  more  eloquent  or  practical  civic 
patriot  than  John  Henry  Barrows  ever  graced  an  American 
pulpit." 

On  December  6,  1891,  he  preached  his  tenth  anniversary 
sermon.  At  the  beginning  of  his  ministry,  the  membership 
of  the  First  Church  was  between  eight  and  nine  hundred. 
At  the  end  of  the  first  ten  years  1,227  members  had  been 

I  Mr.  William  L.  Tomlins  came,  in  1875,  to  Chicago;  was  organist  of  Christ  Re- 
formed Church  for  several  years;  conductor  of  Apollo  Musical  Club  (1875-1898);  has 
given  much  thought  and  work  to  the  development  of  children's  voices;  is  now  (1913) 
Supervisor  of  Music  in  the  public  schools  of  Washington,  D.  C. 


JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS.  257 

added,  327  coming  on  confession  of  faith.  In  these  ten 
years,  the  sum  of  $839,000  was  given  by  the  Church  for  all 
benevolent  purposes. 

"The  Pulpit  Treasury,"  of  New  York  City,  June,  1884, 
said  of  Dr.  Barrow^s : 

"His  peculiar  function  is  to  preach.  It  is  at  the  altar 
his  lips  are  touched.  There  is  something  magnetic  about 
his  personal  appearance.  He  is  noticeably  tall  and  lithe  in 
form.  His  physique,  at  first  sight,  does  not  indicate  such 
enormous  endurance  as  he  seems  to  possess.  Perhaps  no 
Minister  in  America  carries  a  heavier  ministerial  responsi- 
bility." 

Among  the  notable  sermons  preached  in  the  First 
Church  were :  "The  Perfection  of  the  Bible,"  "The  Nation 
and  the  Soldier,"  "Martin  Luther,"  "Saving  Our  Country" 
and  "Municipal  Patriotism." 

The  Parliament  of  Religions,  which  met  in  Chicago 
during  the  World's  Fair  (1893),  was  organized  by  Dr.  Bar- 
rows, as  a  plan  for  bringing  together  in  one  assembly  "rep- 
resentatives of  all  the  great  historical  faiths  of  the  world — 
Brahmans,  Buddhists,  Moslems,  Parsees,  Confucians,  Jews, 
and  the  great  Churches  of  Christendom."  In  this  work,  he 
had  the  cordial  assistance  of  religious  leaders  in  every  part 
of  the  world.  One  direct  outcome  of  this  religious  conven- 
tion was  the  founding  by  Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Haskell  of  "The 
Barrows'  Lectureship"  in  the  University  of  Chicago,  with 
an  income  sufficient  to  provide  a  series  of  lectures  in  India 
on  the  relation  of  Christianity  to  other  religions.  Having 
been  asked  to  open  the  course  of  lectures,  and  realizing  that 
his  heart  was  in  this  new  and  broader  field  of  work,  Dr. 
Barrows  tendered  his  letter  of  resignation  to  the  First 
Church,  on  Sunday  morning,  November  24,  1895 : 

"I  desire  to  present  to  you  a  communication  similar  to  the 
one  I  have  already  offered  to  the  Session.  Fourteen  years 
and  more  have  elapsed  since  the  call  to  the  pastorate  of  this 
Church  was  placed  in  my  hands.  The  acquaintance  which 
I  have  had  w^ith  this  company  of  Christians  has  only  deep- 
ened my  affection  for  the  Mother  Church  of  Chicago.  Its 
history,  benevolence,  its  devotion  to  the  Kingdom  of  Christ, 
and  that  spirit  of  unity  which  has  marked  its  life,  are  w'idely 


258  JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS. 

known  and  honored.  Among  the  Ministers  of  this  Church, 
I  have  served  you  longest. 

"But  the  time  has  now  come  when  I  am  clear  in  my 
judgment  that  I  am  called  of  God,  to  resign  this  charge,  in 
order  that  I  may  have  the  privilege  of  establishing  _  the 
Christian  work  in  India,  to  which  I  have  been  providentially 
summoned." 

On  February  16,  1896,  Dr.  Barrows  preached  his  last 
sermon  in  our  Church  as  its  Minister.  He  passed  the  sum- 
mer and  autumn  in  Germany  preparing  for  his  work  in  India, 
and  the  winter  of  1896-1897  delivering  a  course  of  lectures  on 
the  Christian  religion  in  Bombay,  Calcutta,  and  Madras.  On 
his  return  to  Chicago,  he  preached  in  the  Kenwood  Evangel- 
ical Church  for  some  months.  During  this  time,  he  pre- 
pared three  works  for  publication:  "Christianity,  the 
World's  Religion,"  "A  World  Pilgrimage,"  and  "The  Chris- 
tian Conquest  of  Asia." 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Ober- 
lin  College,  on  November  29,  1898,  Dr.  Barrows  was  unan- 
imously elected  President,  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of 
his  office  January  4,  1899.  For  three  and  one-half  years,  he 
labored  with  great  success  for  the  College,  adding  $600,000 
to  its  endowment,  and  securing  other  funds  with  which  sev- 
eral buildings  were  added  to  the  College  equipment.  On 
Sunday,  May  18,  1902,  President  Barrows  preached  in  the 
First  Church,  and  on  Thursday  evening,  May  22,  he  attended 
a  reception  given  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  in  New  York  City, 
by  the  Presbytery  and  General  Assembly  to  celebrate  the  fa- 
vorable outcome  of  the  revision  of  the  Creed.  On  the  way  home, 
he  contracted  a  severe  cold,  which  soon  developed  into  pneu- 
monia with  grave  complications.  On  Saturday,  the  31st,  the 
disease  took  a  serious  turn,  though  he  rallied  somewhat  on  Sun- 
day and  Monday  following.  The  end  came  quietly  and  without 
pain  at  three  o'clock  on  Tuesday  morning,  June  3. 

Dr.  Tenney,  in  his  address  at  the  funeral,  said  of  the 
last  hours : 

"Once  the  President  murmured  to  himself,  'Drifting 
away,  drifting  away/  and  when  a  loved  voice  responded, 
'Yes,  but  you  have  your  Pilot  on  board,'  he  responded  with 
Tennyson's  words : 


JOHN   HENRY   HARROWS. 


JOHN  HENRY  BARROWS.  259 

"I  hope  to  meet  my  Pilot,  face  to  face, 
When  I  have  crossed  the  bar." 

My  Journal  has  a  few  notes  about  the  impressive  funeral 
services: 

"June  5:  At  6  A.  M.,  a  committee  from  thb  College 
met  our  party  at  the  station  and  assigned  us  to  private 
houses,  where  we  were  entertained  for  the  day.  Later, 
while  walking  about  the  campus,  we  saw  at  a  distance  the 
students  carrying  the  casket  of  their  beloved  President  from 
his  home  to  the  Church  (Second  Congregational)  ;  the  early 
rays  of  the  sun  shining  through  the  tall  trees  on  this  sad 
cortege — very  picturesque.  At  9 :30,  we  assembled  in  the 
Sunday-school  room  of  the  Church — joining  the  family  and 
friends ;  then  going  to  the  audience  room  above.  The  serv- 
ices began  with  the  chorus  from  Mendelssohn's  'Elijah,'  'Be- 
hold, God  the  Lord  Passed  By,'  sung  by  the  College  Choir  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  voices,  directed  by  Professor  A.  S. 
Kimball.  After  Dr.  Tenney's  address,  came  Barnby's  hymn, 
'O  Paradise.'  Professor  King's  eulogy  was  followed  by  the 
'Sanctus  and  Benedictus'  from  Gounod's  Mass.  After  the 
benediction  by  Dr.  Chichester,  the  Choir  responded  with 
'The  Seven-Fold  Amen.'  The  singing  of  these  clear  young 
voices  was  most  effective,  bringing  tears  to  my  eyes.  Then 
the  procession  to  the  cemetery;  casket  borne  by  the  students 
in  relays ;  the  burial  service  at  the  grave,  read  by  Professor 
Bosworth ;  the  prayer  from  'Elijah'  set  to  the  words,  'Jesus, 
Lover  of  My  Soul,'  sung  by  the  students  while  the  casket 
was  lowered." 

Ten  years  have  passed  since  the  above  was  written,  and 
I  am  thinking  of  that  sad  day,  June  5,  1902,  my  first  and  only 
visit  to  Oberlin.  I  remember  the  service  in  the  Church,  and 
Mendelssohn's  dramatic  music,  "A  Mighty  Wind"  and 
"After  the  Fire" ;  it  will  always  haunt  me.  I  tried  to  follow 
the  speakers  in  their  words  of  love  for  the  fallen  leader,  I 
remember  the  procession  of  students  carrying  the  casket, 
aptly  called  "The  Living  Hearse";  but  my  thoughts  would 
go  back  twenty  years  to  the  day  when  John  Henry  Barrows 
came  to  Chicago;  his  first  sermon  in  our  Church,  November  6, 
1881 ;  the  installation,  December  8,  1881,  and  our  work  at 
Central  Music  Hall.  Blessed  fellowship!  Blessed  compan- 
ionship !    Happy  days  for  him  and  for  me ! 


260  WILLIAM  JOHN  CHICHESTER. 

WILLIAM  JOHN  CHICHESTER, 
SEVENTH  MINISTER 

During  the  fourteen  years  of  Dr.  Barrows'  ministry 
there  were  more  additions  to  the  membership  and  larger 
gifts  ($900,000)  to  benevolences  than  in  any  other  period  of 
the  Church's  history.  In  1896,  grave  problems  were  facing 
the  Church.  The  strong  men  and  women  were  passing  away ; 
others,  making  new  homes  in  Kenwood,  were  urging  that  the 
Church  should  also  move  to  that  part  of  the  city.  The  ques- 
tion of  a  successor  to  Dr.  Barrows  was,  therefore,  a  serious 
consideration  with  the  Session  and  Pastoral  Committee. 

Far  away  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  there  was  a  man,  conse- 
crated in  spirit,  sincere  in  purpose,  devoted  to  his  work,  and 
to  his  God,  who  would  soon  be  called  to  the  vacant  pulpit  in 
Chicago. 

One  day  I  read  a  magazine  story,  the  scene  of  which 
was  laid  in  the  Cathedral  town  of  Chichester,  England.  It 
was  about  the  routine  of  the  Cathedral,  the  doings  of  Dean 
and  Chapter,  love  afifairs  of  the  canons,  with  charming 
glimpses  of  English  country  life,  which  reminded  me  much  of 
Anthony  Trollope's  "Barchester  Towers."  A  few  days  later,  I 
met  one  of  our  Session  and  asked  if  they  had  found  a  Min- 
ister. "Oh,  yes,"  was  the  reply;  "we  shall  recommend  Dr. 
Chichester  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal."  Ever  afterward  I  associ- 
ated our  Minister  with  that  dainty  story  of  the  old  Cathedral 
at  Chichester. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society,  on  Wednesday 
evening,  June  30,  1897,  a  formal  call  was  extended  to  the 
Rev.  William  John  Chichester,  D.  D.,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
to  become  the  Minister  of  our  Church.  Messrs.  Henry  W. 
Dudley,  Ernest  A.  Hamill,  and  Hamilton  Borden  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  prosecute  the  call. 

The  laws  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  are  as  exacting 
as  those  of  the  Musicians'  Union.  Dr.  Chichester,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Los  Angeles  Presbytery,  could  not  come  to  Chi- 
cago without  his  "transfer  card,"  or  letter  of  dismissal.  He 
was  greatly  beloved  by  all  classes  of  people  in  Los  Angeles. 


.WILLIAM   JOHN   CHICHESTER. 


WILLIAM  JOHN  CHICHESTER.  261 

When  it  was  known  that  they  were  about  to  lose  the  Min- 
ister of  Immanuel  Church,  pubHc  sentiment  was  aroused, 
meetings  were  held,  and  he  was  urged  to  stay.  The  Pres- 
bytery declined  to  give  their  consent  to  his  leaving,  on  the 
ground  that  he  was  greatly  needed  in  Los  Angeles.  "Are 
there  not  Ministers  nearer  home,"  said  the  Los  Angeles  peo- 
ple, "from  whom  the  Chicago  committee  can  make  a  selec- 
tion, without  coming  to  California?"  The  Los  Angeles 
Presbytery  finally  consented  that  Dr.  Chichester  might  ac- 
cept the  call  to  Chicago,  but  not  until  a  special  committee, 
Drs.  Herrick  Johnson,  McPherson,  and  McClure,  appointed 
by  the  Chicago  Presbytery,  came  to  the  assistance  of  the 
committee  of  the  First  Church. 

Dr.  Chichester's  letter  of  acceptance  was  read  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Church  and  Society  on  Wednesday  evening,  July 
7,  in  which  he  stated  that  he  would  begin  his  labors  Octo- 
ber 1,  1897. 

A  few  days  later,  I  wrote  to  him,  enclosing  some  of  our 
Sunday  calendars,  telling  him  also  of  the  Choir  and  the  mu- 
sic.    His  reply  was  dated,  Manitou,  Colo.,  August  3,  1897 : 

"I  thank  you  for  your  good  letter  of  July  9  and  its 
enclosures.  I  have  heard  so  many  pleasant  things  about  the 
Choir  and  the  music  of  the  First  Church,  I  am  sure  we 
shall  be  fast  friends  from  the  start.  How  happy  I  will  be  to 
take  up  my  work  October  1." 

Early  in  September,  I  wrote  him  again,  suggesting  a 
special  musical  service  for  his  first  Sunday  in  Chicago,  to 
which  he  replied  from  Manitou,  September  24,  expressing 
his  great  pleasure  for  the  "proposed  musical  welcome"  and 
closed  with  suggestions  as  to  the  hymns  to  be  sung  and  the 
general  order  of  service  for  the  occasion.  Dr.  Chichester's 
first  service  in  our  Church  was  held  on  October  3,  1897 ;  his 
installation   followed  on  Wednesday  evening,   October  20. 

In  Dr.  Chichester,  we  had  a  man  of  real  sincerity,  vision, 
and  the  power  of  inspiring  love.  His  broad  Christian  char- 
acter was  witnessed  to  by  the  enduring  quality  of  his  influ- 
ence. The  new  Minister,  by  his  deep  piety  and  lovely  per- 
sonality, made  friends  at  once  among  the  people,  and  more 


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262  WILLIAM  JOHN  CHICHESTER. 

than  four  hundred  members  were  added  to  the  Church  rolls 
in  the  first  three  years  of  his  ministry. 

In  the  summer  of  1903,  through  his  efforts,  the  exterior 
of  the  Church  was  put  in  thorough  repair  and  the  interior 
renovated  and  redecorated.  New  windows,  new  colors,  new 
carpets,  greeted  the  eyes  and  gladdened  the  hearts  of  the 
people  when  the  main  auditorium  was  opened  on  the  second 
Sunday  in  September.  The  Music  Committee  will  always 
hold  Dr.  Chichester  in  grateful  remembrance  for  the  addi- 
tional space  provided  at  this  time  for  the  Choir.  Without 
the  enlarged  Choir  loft,  the  Special  Musical  Services  of  recent 
years  would  have  been  impossible. 

During  the  ministry  of  Dr.  Chichester  (1897-1903),  one 
question  was  constantly  in.  the  hearts  of  Minister  and  people 
— the  future  of  the  Church ;  how  to  retain  the  interest  of 
members  living  in  the  suburbs ;  how  to  find  new,  working 
members  in  the  restless  population  in  our  part  of  the  city. 
The  Session  decided  that  due  regard  must  be  given  to  the 
strong  supporters  living  north  of  Thirtieth  street,  and  that, 
for  the  present,  the  location  of  the  Church  should  not  be 
changed.  These  questions  weighed  heavily  on  the  Minister. 
He  had  given  heart  and  soul  to  this  work ;  soon  he  was  to 
lay  down  his  life.  Early  in  February,  1903,  Dr.  Chichester 
contracted  a  severe  cold,  which  kept  him  from  his  pulpit  on 
the  fifteenth,  Dr.  Clifford  W.  Barnes  preaching  in  his  place. 
The  Minister  was  at  his  post  as  usual  the  next  three  Sun- 
days, but  against  the  wishes  of  his  physician.  Dr.  Dickey 
spoke  on  March  15.  Complications  in  his  disease  arising. 
Dr.  Chichester  started  South  on  the  16th,  hoping  rest  and 
a  warmer  climate  would  be  beneficial.  He  was  obliged  to 
break  his  journey  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  dangerous  symptoms  hav- 
ing developed.  None  of  us  ever  thought  that  he  was  soon 
to  take  "the  better  journey."  On  Sunday,  the  22ndj  his  old 
friend.  Dr.  Noble  of  Los  Angeles,  was  the  preacher,  and  told 
the  Congregation  of  Dr.  Chichester's  serious  illness.  The 
end  came  on  Monday  evening,  March  23,  1903,  at  Atlanta, 
Ga.  Mrs.  Chichester  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Swift 
of  our  Church  were  with  the  Minister  in  his  last  hours. 


WILLIAM  JOHN  CHICHESTER.  263 

Mr.  Henry  H.  Munger,  in  his  remarks  at  the  Memorial 
Service  for  former  Ministers,  November  23,  190-i,  said: 

"One  year  and  eight  months  ago  this  day,  there  passed 
from  earth  to  heaven  the  spirit  of  our  last  beloved  Minister, 
Dr.  Chichester. 

"While  we  venerate  and  love  the  memory  of  those  of 
our  Ministers  who  had  preceded  him,  wt  are  drawn  with 
peculiar  tenderness  and  affection  to  the  memory  of  Dr. 
Chichester,  for  his  was  the  first  life  taken  from  us,  as  Min- 
ister, in  the  history  of  our  Church. 

"After  his  departure  from  our  midst,  the  Session  re- 
ceived, from  various  organizations  with  which  he  had  been 
connected,  resolutions  of  sympathy  and  testimonies  of  ap- 
preciation. 

"I  will  read  extracts  from  one  only,  the  action  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  IMcCormick  Theological  Seminary : 

"  'Dr.  Chichester  was  born  at  Baltimore,  Maryland, 
October  20,  1849,  of  parents  who  emigrated  from  the 
province  of  Ulster,  Ireland,  and  who  brought  with  them  the 
sturdy  faith  of  the  North  of  Ireland  Presbyterians.  At  the 
age  of  six  years  his  father  died,  leaving  a  widow  and  two 
sons.  He  was  graduated  from  Baltimore  City  College  in 
1867,  being  the  valedictorian  of  his  class  and  carrying  off 
the  prize,  in  money,  offered  by  the  city  of  Baltimore.  His 
means  being  limited,  he  went  into  business  as  a  clerk  in  a 
dry  goods  store,  but  with  his  mind  set  on  the  ministry  he 
was  not  happy  at  his  work.  He  carried  his  difficulty  to  his 
pastor,  by  whose  advice  and  assistance  he  found  his  way  to 
the  Western  Theological  Seminary  at  Allegheny,  Pa.,  where 
he  won  the  lifelong  friendship  of  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander 
Hodge,  and  was  graduated  in  1870,  after  which  he  took  a 
post-graduate  course  at  Princeton.  His  ministry  began  at 
the  Second  Church  of  Altoona,  Pa.,  where  he  remained 
seven  years,  going  thence  to  Titusville,  Pa.,  where,  after  a 
ministry  of  two  years,  he  was  called  to  the  First  Church  of 
Germantown,  Pa.,  whence,  after  a  ministry  of  five  years,  he 
crossed  the  continent  to  take  charge  of  the  First  Church  of 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

"  'The  most  distinctive  work  of  Dr.  Chichester's  life 
was  the  organization  of  Immanuel  Church,  Los  Angeles. 
After  a  ministry  at  the  First  Church  covering  three  years, 
his  eye  detected  the  need  of  a  new  Church  in  what  was  to  be 
the  residence  center  of  the  city.  Six  years  afterward  the 
handsome  and  spacious  edifice  in  which  the  Assembly  is  to 
meet   was   dedicated   free  of   debt,   with   a   membership   of 


264  WILLIAM  JOHN  CHICHESTER. 

1,200,  and  with  a  position  on  the  Pacific  coast  which  has 
been  well  described  as  "A  Spiritual  Pharos,  whose  beams  light 
the  travelers  from  the  East,  and  meet  the  longing  eye  from 
China  and  Japan."  ' 

"Dr.  Chichester  entered  upon  his  work  in  Chicago  in 
1897,  and  brought  to  the  First  Church  his  ripe  experience, 
his  unflagging  zeal  and  his  sympathetic  spirit.  ^ 

"He  was  a  valued  member  of  the  committee  charged 
with  the  serious  problem  of  mission  work  in  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospi- 
tal, with  its  widespread  influence  for  the  relief  of  suffering, 
and  of  the  General  Assembly's  committee  on  evangelistic 
work.  Three  years  ago  it  was  proposed  that  he  be  a  mem- 
ber of  the  General  Assembly,  but,  loyal  to  California,  he 
expressed  a  preference  to  wait  until  the  Assembly  should 
meet  within  its  bounds.  He  died  just  before  the  Presbytery 
of  Chicago  met,  when,  with  hearty  unanimity,  he  would 
have  been  elected  to  represent  it  in  the  Assembly  which 
was  about  to  sit  in  his  own  Church  at  Los  Angeles. 

"But  God  had  prepared  for  him  better  things.  The 
long  work  of  the  servant  was  done,  and  the  reward  was  at 
hand.  He  knew  his  time  had  come,  and  he  was  eager  to  go 
to  the  Master  whom  he  had  preached  for  thirty-two  years." 


JOHN   ARCHIBALD   MORISON. 


JOHN  ARCHIBALD  MORISON.  265 

JOHN  ARCHIBALD  MORISON, 
EIGHTH  MINISTER 

The  doctrine  of  reciprocity  between  Canada  and  the 
United  States  was  favorably  entertained  by  the  authorities 
at  Washington  and  Ottawa,  but  did  not  meet  the  unquali- 
fied approval  of  the  people  of  either  country.  Canada  has 
resources  of  greater  value  than  her  immense  stores  of  grain, 
timber,  and  ore.  She  has  men — men  whom  she  is  sending 
continually  to  the  United  States  to  seek  homes  and  to  fill 
positions  of  honor,  trust,  and  responsibility.  Two  men, 
whom  many  of  my  readers  have  known  and  loved,  came  to 
Chicago  in  years  past  from  Canada:  John  Monro  Gibson  of 
Montreal,  to  be  the  Minister  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  (1874-1880),  and  William  John  McCaughan  of  To- 
ronto, to  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church  (1898-1907).  To 
these  there  is  now  added  a  third,  John  Archibald  Morison  of 
St.  John,  N.  B.,  who  came  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
(1904-1910).  All  these  men  were  earnest  preachers  of  the 
Word,  sound  theologians.  Apostles  of  God. 

In  the  summer  of  1903,  while  in  the  East  on  my  vacation, 
I  went  to  St.  John,  N.  B.,  at  the  request  of  our  committee,  to 
meet  the  Rev.  John  Archibald  Morison,  Ph.  D.  My  route 
was  by  sea  from  Boston  to  Halifax,  N.  S.,  arriving  July  29, 
thence  by  train  through  the  beautiful  Evangeline  country  to 
Digby,  crossing  the  Bay  of  Fundy,  and  arriving  at  St.  John 
on  July  31.  Never  have  I  had  a  more  delightful  mission. 
Coming  with  a  letter  of  introduction  from  the  Rev.  William  J. 
McCaughan,  I  was  most, cordially  received  by  Dr.  Morison 
and  his  family,  enjoying  their  genial  hospitality  and  attend- 
ing the  historic  Church  (St.  David's),  of  which  he  was  then 
Minister. 

John  Archibald  Morison  was  born  March  10,  1867,  at 
Melbourne  Ridge,  in  the  Province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  of 
Scotch  and  English  parentage.  His  preliminary  education 
was  obtained  at  Huntington  Academy,  under  the  charge  of 
his  uncle,  the  Rev.  David  W.  Morison,  D.  D.,  and  of  the 
Rev.    Professor   George   Weir,   D.  D.     Mr.   Morison   entered 


266  JOHN  ARCHIBALD  MORISON. 

McGill  University  in  1884,  graduating  in  1888;  thence 
to  the  Montreal  Presbyterian  College  for  his  theological 
studies,  graduating  in  1891.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Montreal,  May  15,  1891,  going  later  to  the 
University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor,  for  studies  in  ora- 
tory. In  the  autumn  of  1892,  Mr.  Morison  went  to  Edin- 
burgh, where  he  had  a  year  of  study  at  the  University  un- 
der Professors  Flint,  Calderwood,  and  Dods.^  Upon  his 
return  to  Canada,  Mr.  Morison  was  called  to  the  Knox 
Church,  Listowel,  to  which"  charge  he  was  inducted  Febru- 
ary 3,  1893.  In  this  Church,  the  senior  Elder  was  John  Liv- 
ingstone, elder  brother  of  David  Livingstone,  missionary 
and  explorer.  In  July,  1894,  he  was  installed  Minister  of 
East  Church,  Toronto,  continuing  with  this  Church  until 
September,  1898. 

In  1895,  while  still  with  the  East  Church  of  Toronto,  he 
entered  the  post-graduate  department  of  the  University  of 
Wooster,  Ohio,  taking  a  three-year  course  in  extra-mural 
studies,  receiving  from  the  University  the  degrees  of  M.  A. 
and  Ph.  D. 

In  October,  1898,  Dr.  Morison  entered  the  University 
of  Berlin,  remaining  until  January,  1899,  when  he  went  to 
Oxford,  England,  for  work  with  Professors  Driver  and 
Cheyne.  Upon  his  return  to  Canada,  he  was  called  to  St. 
David's  Church  of  St.  John,  v^r^here  he  was  installed  De- 
cember 1,  1899. 

Dr.  Morison  was  for  some  time  Chaplain  of  St.  An- 
drew's Society  in  Toronto,  and  Honorary  Secretary  of  the 
Upper  Canada  Religious  Tract  and  Book  Society,  of  which 
he  is  now  Vice-President. 

He  was  married  September  11,  18191:,  to  Clara  Jeannette, 
second  daughter  of  the  late  John  Nichol,  M.  D.,  of  Listowel. 

Dr.  Morison  came  to  Chicago  in  January,  1904,  at  the 
invitation  of  the  Pastoral  Committee,  preaching  Sunday 
morning,  January  10,  in  the  Kenwood  Evangelical  Church 

1  The  Rev.  William  John  McCaughan  (Third  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago)  and 
the  Rev.  William  Robson  Notman,  D.  D.  (Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago), 
studied  with  Marcus  Dods  of  New  College,  Edinburgh. 


I 


JOHN  ARCHIBALD  MORISON.  267 

on  the  subject,  "Christ,  the  Head  of  the  Church,"  and  in  the 
evening  at  the  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  tak- 
ing for  his  theme,  "No  Man  Cared  for  My  Soul." 

On  Wednesday  evening,  January  27,  at  a  meeting  of 
the  members  of  the  First  Church  and  Society,  a  formal  call 
was  extended  to  the  Rev.  John  A.  Morison,  Ph.  D.,  to  be- 
come the  Minister  of  the  Church.  Messrs.  Samuel  Baker, 
Ernest  A.  Hamill,  and  Philo  A.  Otis  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  prosecute  the  call. 

Dr.  Morison,  in  his  letter  of  acceptance,  February  29, 
1904,  said : 

"Let  me  say  that  I  freely  acknowledge  the  distin- 
guished honor  that  has  been  conferred  upon  me,  and  the 
large  confidence  you  have  been  led  to  place  in  myself  in  hav- 
ing thus  invited  me  to  become  to  you  and  your  children, 
a  Minister  of  Christ. 

"The  history  and  traditions  of  your  Church  amply  re- 
pay an  earnest  and  sympathetic  consideration,  and  my  dis- 
position will  ever  be  to  remember  the  former  and  respect 
the  latter. 

"My  purpose  and  desire  is  to  be  with  you  on  Easter 
Day,  and  my  prayer  is  that  our  fellowship  and  service  at 
that  time  and  always  may  be  in  the  power  of  His  resurrec- 
tion." 

A  great  audience  came  to  the  Old  First  Church,  that 
lovely  Easter  morning,  April  3,  1904,  to  welcome  the  new 
Minister. 

The  Chicago  Journal  of  Monday  following  said  of  this 
service : 

"It  was  an  ideal  Easter  service.  Minister  and  people 
and  musicians  were  enrapt  with  the  Easter  spirit.  A  vast 
content  sat  upon  the  great  assembly,  while  the  sun  rays, 
softened  by  the  tinted  windows,  fell  like  blessings  upon  faces 
which  mirrored  happy  thoughts. 

"The  preacher's  prayer  and  his  sermon  were  not  over- 
long.  But  they  were  both  fervent  and  sincere  and  breathed 
of  a  hopeful,  a  strengthful,  and  a  trustful  spirit.  'I  shall  not 
die,  but  live,'  he  quoted  as  the  burden  of  the  Easter  message. 
And — 'Life  is  a  mystery,'  said  he.  Tt  must  have  a 
revelation.'  What  more  could  have  been  said  to  encourage 
faith  in  Christianity,  which  is  all  a  revelation? 

"He  painted  God  as  an  artist,  who  drew  in  our  lives 
lines  of  joy  and  sorrow,  pain  and  surcease,  leaving  us  won- 


268  JOHN  ARCHIBALD  M ORISON. 

dering  at  the  strangeness  of  His  ways  and  the  meaning  of 
His  visitations,  until  the  picture  was  completed — and  then 
the  revelation  of  His  purpose. 

"As  the  Minister  spoke,  the  boyishness  left  his  face. 
His  whole  being  vibrated  with  the  fervor  of  his  words — 
nay,  of  his  convictions.  His  movements  were  graceful  and 
unstudied.  There  was  no  unpleasant  ranting,  no  posing  for 
effect,  no  conscious  oratorical  display.  He  spoke  straightly, 
earnestly,  in  tones  without  harshness  and  yet  which  reached 
every  ear  in  the  Church." 

As  a  preacher,  Dr.  Morison  was  forceful  and  eloquent, 
taking  as  the  fountain  of  his  inspiration  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures. He  was  especially  happy  in  his  exposition  of  Bible 
truths  and  the  great  doctrines  of  the  Christian  Creed. 

As  a  Minister,  he  enthused  new  life  into  the  Men's 
League,  an  organization  for  bringing  the  men  into  closer 
touch  with  the  various  departments  of  Church  life.  One 
delightful  feature  of  every  winter  was  the  monthly  meeting 
of  the  Fort  Dearborn  Guild,  organized  by  Dr.  Morison  early 
in  his  ministry,  for  bringing  the  women  of  the  Church  to- 
gether, that  they  might  work  to  better  advantage  in  mission 
and  hospital  causes. 

The  Special  Musical  Services,  for  large  Choir  with  in- 
struments, for  increasing  the  interest  in  the  Sunday  morning 
worship,  were  at  the  suggestion  of  Dr.  Morison.  His  cordial 
sympathy  and  quiet  support  were  at  all  times  of  great  as- 
sistance to  the  Music  Committee. 

He  was  a  Trustee  of  the  Ryder  Fund,  created  by  the 
will  of  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Ryder,  D.  D.,  Minister  of  the  First 
Universalist  (St.  Paul's)  Society.  Dr.  Ryder  died  March  7, 
1888,  leaving  ten  thousand  dollars  to  a  Board  of  Trustees, 
consisting  of  the  Ministers  of  the  First  Universalist,  First 
Presbyterian,  and  First  Congregational  Churches,  Mayor  of 
the  City  of  Chicago  and  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools  in 
said  city.  The  income  from  said  Fund  to  be  devoted  to  de- 
livering a  series  of  lectures  in  the  interest  of  the  moral  and 
social  welfare  of  the  citizens  of  Chicago.  Dr.  Morison  was 
efficient  and  aggressive  in  the  work  of  this  Board. 


JOHN  ARCHIBALD  MORISON.  269 

He  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  on  April  3,  1907,  from 
the  Presbyterian  College  of  Montreal,  and  was  present  on 
the  occasion,  making  an  address  to  the  students. 

His  interest  in  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  of  whose 
Clerical  Board  he  was  chairman,  has  always  been  felt  and 
recognized. 

The  Diamond  Jubilee  (1908)  and  the  Commemorative 
Endowment  Fund  had  their  initiative  with  Dr.  Morison. 
Early  in  his  ministry,  he  foresaw  the  necessity  of  the  Church 
having  an  endowment,  whereby  its  future  might  be  as- 
sured. He  suggested  a  systematic  plan  for  developing  the 
fund,  and  the  agreement  with  the  Northern  Trust  Company, 
who  should  hold  and  invest  all  moneys  received,  so  that 
no  part  of  the  principal  would  ever  be  used,  but  that  the 
income  therefrom  would  be  available  for  the  maintenance 
of  the  Church. 

Dr.  Morison  presented  his  resignation  to  the  Session  of 
the  Church,  Saturday  evening,  June  11,  1910: 

*T  have  called  this  meeting  of  the  Session  tonight  for 
the  purpose  of  placing  in  the  hands  of  yourselves,  my  hon- 
ored colleagues,  my  resignation  as  pastor  of  our  dear 
Church,  with  the  earnest  request  that  you  accept  the  same 
forthwith,  to  take  efifect  July  3,  1910,  and  lovingly  co-operate 
with  me  in  fulfilling  what  must  be  done  to  speedily  effect  my 
release  from  the  pastorate  of  this  Church. 

"For  some  time  past,  the  thought  has  been  borne  in  me 
that  ere  long  I  must  take  this  step,  and  I  assure  you  that  at 
the  present  time,  after  much  prayerful  consideration,  I  am 
led  to  believe  that  the  present  season  calls  for  this  decision. 

"During  the  past  six  years,  we  have  learned  to  labor  to- 
gether in  God's  Kingdom,  and  our  large  undertakings,  both 
in  our  Home  Church  and  in  Railroad  Chapel,  have  been 
prospered  and  blessed.  Indeed,  it  has  been  said  that  this 
last  year  our  various  Church  organizations  and  Societies 
have  been  unusually  successful.  That  it  is  so,  is  largely  due 
to  the  beautiful  spirit  of  Christian  service  so  universally 
represented  by  the  officiary  of  our  Church,  supported  by  a 
loyal  membership. 

"In  taking  leave  of  you,  let  me  assure  you  of  our  most 
affectionate  regard  and  let  me  also  beg  that  you  convey  this 
same  assurance  to  all  our  people." 


270  JOHN  ARCHIBALD  M ORISON. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society,  Wednesday 
evening,  June  22,  1910,  the  resignation  of  the  Rev.  John  Archi- 
bald Morison,  D.  D.,  was  read  and  accepted.  Resolutions 
from  the  various  Boards  in  the  Church  were  passed,  express- 
ing the  affectionate  regard  in  which  Dr.  Morison  was  held 
by  his  people  and  in  acknowledgment  of  his  exceptional  abil- 
ity as  theologian  and  preacher. 

Mr.  S.  Leonard  Boyce,  on  behalf  of  the  Session,  said: 

"Dr.  Morison  came  to  us  from  Saint  David's  Church,  St. 
John,  N.  B.,  Canada,  on  April  3,  1904,  so  that  last  spring  he 
completed  the  sixth  year  of  his  ministry.  During  these  years, 
he  has  by  his  genial  manner,  lovable  personality,  and  Christian 
character,  greatly  endeared  himself  to  his  co-workers  in  the 
Session,  not  only  as  a  Minister,  but  as  a  counsellor  and  friend ; 
always  kind  and  attentive  and  keenly  sympathetic  in  times  of 
sorrow  and  perplexity.  As  Moderator,  he  has  ever  presided  at 
our  meetings  with  such  rare  tact  and  fidelity  to  the  future 
welfare  of  our  Church  and  all  its  Christian  activities,  that  it 
has  been  a  great  pleasure  to  have  the  privilege  of  being  so  in- 
timately associated  with  him  during  these  years.  It  has  always 
given  the  Session  the  highest  satisfaction  to  support  him  and 
do  everything  to  aid  him  in  carrying  on  the  good  work  of  ad- 
vancing the  cause  of  the  Kingdom  and  building  up  this,  our 
beloved  Church.  He  has  ever  been  our  dignified  leader  and 
spiritual  guide,  and  we  have  gladly  followed  where  he  led.  As 
a  scholar  and  thoughtful  student  of  the  Bible,  his  utterances 
from  the  pulpit  have  been  uplifting  and  helpful,  and  he  has  ever 
preached  Christ  and  His  redeeming  power.  We  have  always 
felt  helped  by  his  message  of  God's  love  and  better  fitted  to 
meet  life's  responsibilities." 

On  December  18,  1911,  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago  took 
the  following  action : 

"In  responding  to  the  request  of  the  Rev.  John  A.  Morison, 
D.  D.,  for  a  letter  of  dismissal  to  the  Presbytery  of  Mon- 
treal, the  Presbytery  of  Chicago  desires  to  express  its  hearty 
appreciation  of  his  character  and  services  as  a  man,  a  Min- 
ister, and  a  Presbyter  during  the  six  years  of  his  residence 
and  fellowship  with  us. 

"As  a  Minister,  he  was  able  and  scholarly,  loyal  to  the 
teachings  and  mission  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  with  signal 
interest  in  and  influence  over  the  young,  leading  his  people 
to  higher  ideals  and  more  generous  service  of  Christ. 


JOHN  ARCHIBALD  MORISON.  271 

"As  a  Pastor,  he  was  honored  and  beloved  for  his  tender 
sympathy,  his  hearty  helpfulness,  and  for  his  wise  and  effec- 
tive leadership  in  Christian  Endeavor  and  in  the  Railroad 
Mission  work. 

"This  man  of  God  and  servant  of  Jesus  Christ  will  be 
greatly  missed  from  many  circles  of  philanthropic  and  Chris- 
tian service  in  our  city  and  Presbytery. 

"Our  heartfelt  prayers  follow  him  in  the  hope  and  con- 
fidence that  it  will  please  God  to  use  him  yet  more  abun- 
dantly in  the  service  of  Christ  and  His  Church  and  King- 
dom. 

"This  minute  to  be  placed  on  the  records  of  Presbytery 
and  a  copy  of  same  to  be  sent  to  Dr.  Morison  and  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Montreal." 

Presented  by  Dr.  Freeman,  seconded  by  Dr.  Beattie, 
and  heartily  adopted  by  Presbytery. 

Dr.  Morison  is  now  (1913)  Minister  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  West  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Canada. 


272  JOHN  NEWTON  FREEMAN. 

JOHN  NEWTON  FREEMAN,  MINISTER 
IN  CHARGE 

Few  pages  in  English  history  are  more  tragic  than  those 
pertaining  to  the  revolt  in  1857  of  the  Bengal  troops  against 
English  rule,  and  the  horrors  which  ensued  at  Delhi,  Luck- 
now,  and  Cawnpore.  The  Indian  Mutiny  is  of  interest  to  us 
at  this  point  in  the  history  of  the  First  Church.  Among  the 
martyrs  of  the  Mutiny  were  the  father  and  second  mother 
of  him  who  for  the  past  two  years  has  been  our  beloved 
Minister  in  Charge— John  Newton  Freeman. 

Stanley  A.  Hunter,  of  Princeton  Hall,  Allahabad  Chris- 
tian College,  in  a  pamphlet  entitled  "A  Princeton  Martyr 
and  the  Indian  Mutiny,"  tells  the  story  of  the  massacre : 

"To  the  Englishman,  Cawnpore  is  hallowed  ground,  on 
account  of  the  noble  band  of  Mutiny  martyrs  who  suffered 
there  in  1857.  It  should  be  also  to  the  American.  Few  re- 
alize that  in  the  long  list  of  names  carved  in  marble  in  the 
beautiful  Memorial  Church,  eight  American  missionaries  are 
numbered ;  none  were  braver  hearts  than  the  eight  of  the 
Presbyterian  Mission. 

"Recently  in  Allahabad,  an  Indian  preacher  told  the 
story  of  their  death  as  it  had  come  to  him  from  the  lips  of 
an  old  man,  who,  as  a  boy,  had  been  present  as  an  eye-wit- 
ness to  the  tragedy.  The  little  Christian  lad  remembered  a 
brief  address  and  prayer  which  one  had  offered  just  before 
the  Sepoys'  guns  did  their  fatal  work.  The  man  who  thus 
prayed  was  John  Edgar  Freeman. 

"Born  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  in  1809,  and  graduated  from 
Princeton  College  in  1835,  he  later  entered  the  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  and  graduated  in  1838.  In  a  letter 
written  while  at  sea  on  his  way  to  India,  he  gave  the  facts 
of  his  early  life,  and  a  statement  as  to  the  motives  which 
led  him  to  missionary  work.  There  was  at  Princeton,  when 
he  entered,  a  strong  interest  in  the  foreign  field.  Morison, 
who  was  in  the  class  ahead,  had  decided  to  offer  himself 
for  India.  Dougherty,  who  went  to  the  American  Indians, 
and  Canfield,  later  of  Africa,  were  his  associates.  The  de- 
parture for  India  took  place  October  12,  183'8,  shortly  after 
his  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Ann  Beach  of  Newark,  N.  J.  The 
voyage  then  took  one  hundred  and  twenty-one  days,  while 
one  month  now  is  sufficient  for  the  journey,  with  nine  days 
to  spend  on  the   Continent  between   Liverpool   and   Mar- 


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JOHN  NEWTON  FREEMAN.  273 

seilles.  Their  destination  reached,  the  two  proceeded  to 
Allahabad  to  learn  the  language  and  manage  the  Orphan 
School  for  boys  and  girls.  Ten  years  later,  in  August,  1849, 
Mrs.  Freeman's  splendid  work  was  cut  short  by  sudden 
death,  and  Mr.  Freeman  returned  to  America  with  his  young 
son,  John  Newton  Freeman.  While  on  a  furlough,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Vredenburgh  of  Elizabethtown, 
N.  J.,  the  descendant  of  one  who  played  an  important  part 
in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

"On  their  return  to  India,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Freeman  were 
stationed  at  Mainpuri,  some  six  hundred  miles  up  country 
from  Calcutta,  where  they  worked  pleasantly  and  happily  for 
four  years.  A  year  before  the  Mutiny,  they  were  transferred 
to  Fatehgarh,  thirty-five  miles  aw^ay.  Letters  from  the 
Freemans  are  preserved,  giving  details  of  life  at  Fatehgarh, 
which  show  the  utmost  devotion  to  their  work.  But  signs 
of  discontent  were  already  apparent  among  the  Sepoys. 
The  last  letter  from  Mrs.  Freeman,  written  in  June,  1857, 
shows  that  'in  the  midst  of  danger  she  was  full  of  courage.' 
She  writes  to  her  sister: 

"  'We  have  received  intelligence  that  four  companies 
of  the  Ninth  Regiment  have  mutinied,  and,  after  murder- 
ing all  the  English,  have  started  for  Fatehgarh.  We  are  in 
God's  hands ;  I  sometimes  think  our  deaths  would  be  of 
more  good  than  we  can  do  in  all  our  lives.'  On  June  4, 
the  missionaries,  with  some  European  planters,  started  for 
Allahabad  Fort  for  safety,  going  in  boats  on  the  Ganges. 
A  few  miles  above  Cawnpore,  half  way  to  their  destination, 
the  boats  grounded  on  some  shallows.  Here  for  three  days 
they  were  marooned  on  an  island  exposed  to  fire  from  the 
guns  of  the  Sepoys.  Worn  out  with  heat  and  exposure,  all 
were  ready  to  die,  except  Freeman.  They  were  finally 
captured  by  a  boatload  of  armed  troops,  dragged  into  the 
presence  of  Nana  Sahib,  'the  fiend  incarnate  of  the  INlutiny,' 
and  as  the  sun  arose  next  day,  the  one  hundred  and  sixty 
refugees  were  all  shot  in  cold  blood. 

"In  the  Chapel  of  Allahabad  Christian  College,  the  son, 
three  grandsons,  and  great-grandson  are  erecting  a  Memorial 
for  John  Edgar  Freeman.  A  tablet  in  the  Rakka  Church  at 
Fatehgarh  is  the  Memorial  of  the  eight  American  mission- 
aries who  died  with  the  other  Fatehgarh  refugees  at 
Cawnpore." 

The  son,  John  Newton,  who  so  providentially  escaped 
the  fate  of  his  martyred  parents  in  India,  was  brought  up 
in  America.     He  was  graduated   from   Princeton   in   1863, 


274  JOHN  NEWTON  FREEMAN. 

and  from  Princeton  Seminary  in  1868.  With  the  close  of 
his  student  days,  he  entered  the  ministry,  serving  suc- 
cessively in  the  following  Churches:  First  Presbyterian, 
Peekskill,  N.  Y.;  First  Presbyterian,  Lockport,  N.  Y. ;  Im- 
manuel  Presbyterian,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Central  Presby- 
terian, Denver,  Colo.,  and  Calvary  Presbyterian,  Cleve- 
land, O. 

In  1891,  Princeton  conferred  on  him,  honoris  causa,  the 
degree  of  D.  D.  In  1901,  Dr.  Freeman  withdrew  from  the 
active  pastorate,  and  after  four  years  of  special  work  in 
New  York  City,  removed  with  his  family  to  make  a  perma- 
nent home  in  Chicago.  In  1905,  he  was  chosen  Associate 
Minister  with  Dr.  W.  R.  Notman  in  the  Fourth  Presby- 
terian Church.  After  Dr.  Notman's  resignation  in  1908, 
Dr.  Freeman  became  Minister  in  Charge  of  the  Fourth 
Church,  serving  in  this  relation  until  Dr.  John  Timothy 
Stone  was  installed  as  Minister,  June  3,  1909;  continuing 
as  Associate  Minister  with  Dr.  Stone  until  January  1,  1910. 

After  the  departure  of  Dr.  Morison  (July,  1910),  while 
the  question  of  permanent  supply  was  being  seriously  con- 
sidered by  our  Session,  Dr.  Freeman  was  requested  to  preach 
a  few  Sundays,  commencing  September  11.  Many  of  the 
Congregation  were  old  friends,  having  known  Dr.  Freeman 
and  his  work  with  the  Fourth  Church  and  other  places,  and 
all  were  delighted  to  find  him  in  the  pulpit  in  the  autumn 
months.  The  bulletin  of  October  9,  contained  this  an- 
noucement : 

"The  Session  and  Trustees  are  pleased  to  announce 
that  definite  arrangements  have  been  made  with  Dr.  Free- 
man to  act  as  Minister  in  Charge  of  our  Church  pending 
definite  future  plans.  Dr.  Freeman  will  not  only  fill  our 
pulpit  Sabbath  mornings,  but  will  take  charge  of  our  regu- 
lar Church  work,  including  the  leadership  of  our  mid-week 
prayer  service." 

It  was  a  serious  time  in  the  aflfairs  of  the  First  Church, 
No  one  knew  what  course  to  take  in  this  troubled  sea  of 
uncertainty.  It  was  our  good  fortune  that  Dr.  Freeman 
was  at  that  time  at  liberty  and  could  come  to  us  as  Minister 
in  Charge.     By  his  winning  personality,  his  powers  as  a 


JOHN  NEWTON  FREEMAN.  275 

preacher,  and  tact  in  meeting  the  deHcate  and  difficult  mat- 
ters which  were  then  arising  in  our  Church  life,  he  kept  the 
members  together  during  the  next  two  years,  until  the  con- 
solidation with  the  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian  Church 
was  definitely  concluded,  December  31,  1912.  At  the  ear- 
nest request  of  Dr.  Covert,  the  Minister,  and  of  the  Session 
and  Trustees  of  the  First  Church,  Dr.  Freeman  continued 
as  Associate  Minister  until  July  1,  1913. 


276 


OFFICERS. 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

OFFICERS 

1900. 

(First  Edition  of  this  History.) 

The  Rev.  William  J.  Chichester,  D.  D.,  Minister. 

SESSION. 

Franklin  Ames.  Hamilton  Borden. 

Samuel  Baker.  Henry  W.  Dudley. 

Addison  Ballard.  Henry  H.  Munger. 

Charles  L.  Bingham.  Henry  D.  Penfield. 

William  H.  Swift. 

deacons. 
Charles  Alling,  Jr.  Earl  C.  Greenman. 

Henry  M.  Bacon.  William  A.  Magie. 

Walter  Frazer  Brown.  George  W.  S.  Matheson. 

Tracy  C.  Drake.  Josiah  W.  Ferine. 

Alexander  H.  Seelye. 


Tracy  C.  Drake. 

Marshall  Field. 


trustees. 

William  E.  Kelley, 
William  H.  Swift. 
Caryl  Young. 


committee  on  music. 
Philo  Adams  Otis.  Charles  D.  Irwin. 

William  H.  Swift. 

SEXTON. 

Charles  Hugo  Koehring. 


1912. 


The  Rev.  John  Newton  Freeman,  D.  D., 
Minister  in  Charge. 


Charles  Alling,  Jr. 
Charles  E.  Baker. 
Albert  L.  Berry. 
S.  Leonard  Boyce. 
Henry  W.  Dudley. 


SESSION. 

A.  C.  DePoy. 
James  M.  Emery. 
Henry  H.  Munger. 
Philo  Adams  Otis. 
TosiAH  W.  Perine. 


clerk  of  session. 
Henry  H.  Munger, 
2818  Calumet  Avenue. 


OFFICERS.  277 

DEACONS. 

James  C.  Ames.  William  A.  Magie. 

Henry  C.  Davis.  William  Sumner  Smith. 

Earl  C.  Greenman.  Alfred  Vernon. 

Henry  J.  Magee.  Bradford  Wells. 

Eugene  Wendnagle. 

treasurer  of  benevolent  contributions. 

William  Sumner  Smith. 

trustees. 

S.  Leonard  Boyce.  Philo  Adams  Otis. 

E.  C.  Greenman.  Charles  T.  Otis. 

William  Sumner  Smith. 

treasurer  of  the  church. 

Charles  T.  Otis. 

young  people's  mission  associ.\tion. 

Charles  T.  Otis,  Treasurer. 

diamond  jubilee  commemorative  fund. 
Lucius  J.  Otis,  Treasurer. 

committee  on  music. 
Philo  Adams  Otis.  Francis  S.  AIoore. 

Ernest  A.  Hamill. 

SEXTON. 

William  F.  Bogner.^ 

1  Mr.  Bogner  is  now  (1913)  Sexton  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 


278         FORTY-FIRST  ST.  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

THE  FORTY-FIRST  STREET  PRESBY- 
TERIAN CHURCH 

"The  history  of  the  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian 
Church  has  been  that  of  one  of  the  most  fruitful  Churches 
in  the  Chicago  Presbytery.  Previous  to  its  organization, 
religious  work  was  carried  on  in  Christian  homes  in  the 
neighborhood,  and  also  in  a  small  structure  erected  (1869) 
on  the  rear  of  a  lot  at  the  corner  of  Prairie  avenue  and 
Forty-first  street.  The  First  Presbyterian  Churdh  was 
the  fostering  parent  of  the  new  enterprise,  and  provided 
money  and  workers  during  the  years  of  its  dependency. 
The  early  work  of  the  Presbytery  was  carried  on  by  the 
Presbyterian  League  of  Chicago.  The  beginnings  of  the 
Church  are  to  be  traced  to  a  Sunday-school  organized  in 
the  late  autumn  of  1869,  by  Mrs.  Lewis  W.  Stone,  in  her 
home  at  4316  Michigan  avenue,  and  maintained  by  her 
and  her  helpers  until  a  permanent  Church  organization  was 
ready  to  accept  the  responsibility.  At  the  organization  of 
the  Church,  February  14,  1875,  the  Presbytery  of  Chicago 
was  represented  by  the  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  the 
Rev.  E.  R.  Davis,  and  the  Rev.  E.  P.  Wells. 

"There  were  nineteen  charter  members,  as  follows:  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  John  Hayes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irus  Coy,  Mrs.  L.  B. 
Kelsey,  Mrs.  Elmira  Emery,  Mrs.  E.  P.  Wells,  Mrs.  L. 
W.  Stone,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Broad,  Mrs.  G.  A.  Follansbee,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  S.  D.  Foss,  Mrs.  F.  W.  Springer,  Mr.  L.  S. 
Pierce,  Mrs.  G.  A.  Springer,  Mrs.  Elvira  .  Pierce,  Mrs. 
Asahel  Pierce,  Dr.  W.  M.  Boyd,  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Pierce. 

"The  Session  for  the  first  two  years  consisted  of  Mr. 
S.  D.  Foss.  A  Board  of  Trustees,  consisting  of  Mr.  S.  D. 
Foss,  Mr.  Wm.  L.  Moss,  Jr.,  Mr.  J.  W.  Towne,  Mr.  F.  W. 
Springer,  and  Mr.  G.  A.  Springer  was  elected  in  the  autumn 
of  1871.  The  Society  was  organized  and  called  the  Calvary 
Religious  Society,  which  name  it  held  until  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian  Church  in  1875. 

"Among    the    earliest    superintendents    of    the     Sunday 


FORTY-FIRST  ST.  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.         279 

School,  are  enrolled  the  names  of  Mrs.  L.  W.  Stone,  Air.  L.  S. 
Pierce,  Mr.  G.  F.  Bissell,  and  Mr.  James  E.  Defebaugh. 

"The  first  pastorate  began  with  the  installation  of  the 
Rev.  E.  P.  Wells,  May  23,  1875 ;  the  Rev.  J.  Munro  Gibson, 
D.  D.,  presided;  the  Rev.  James  H.  Taylor,  D.  D.,  preached 
the  sermon ;  the  Rev.  D.  S.  Johnson  gave  the  charge  to  the 
pastor,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  L.  Thompson,  D.  D.,  the  charge 
to  the  people.  The  pastorate  of  Mr.  Wells  terminated 
April  1,  1878.  The  Rev.  Arthur  Swazey,  D.  D.,  became  the 
stated  supply,  remaining  until  July  1,  1883. 

"In  November,  1883,  the  Rev.  Robert  Bruce  Clark  be- 
gan his  pastorate,  and  the  Church  for  the  first  time  assumed 
self-support.  Mr.  Clark  concluded  his  work  September 
29,  1885.  He  was  followed  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Cuming 
Hall,  D.  D.,  who  was  installed  on  November  4,  1886,  serv- 
ing the  Church  until  February,  1893.  On  December  14, 
1893,  the  Rev.  Howard  Agnew  Johnston,  D.  D.,  was  in- 
stalled Minister,  and  continued  until  1899.  After  a  pastor- 
less  period  of  two  and  one-half  years,  the  Rev.  Cleland  Boyd 
McAfee,  D.  D.,  was  called  and  began  his  work  in  September, 
1901,  remaining  until  July,  1904.  The  present  Minister, 
the  Rev.  William  Chalmers  Covert,  D.  D.,  began  his  pastor- 
ate March  1,  1905. 

"The  edifice  of  the  Forty-first  Street  Church,  together 
with  its  other  property,  cost  $115,000.  The  corner-stone 
was  laid  in  October,  1889 ;  the  building  dedicated  December 
21,  1890,  the  Rev.  John  Hall,  D.  D.,  preaching  the  dedicatory 
sermon,  A  debt  of  $50,000  was  incurred  in  order  to  secure 
a  building  adequate  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  growing  com- 
munity. In  a  few  months,  $15,000  was  paid,  leaving  $35,000 
due.  On  Sunday  morning,  October  28,  1906,  the  sum  of 
$30,000  in  pledges  was  received,  which  with  the  pledges  pre- 
viously secured,  provided  for  the  entire  indebtedness.  Amidst 
tears  of  joy  and  gratitude,  the  large  audience  sang  'Praise  God 
from  Whom  All  Blessings  Flow.'  The  year  1907  witnessed 
the  payment  of  all  the  pledges  and  the  cancellation  of  the  in- 
debtedness. 


280 


FORTY-FIRST  ST.  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


'The  culmination  of  months  of  negotiation  and  planning 
was  reached  on  Sunday  morning,  December  29,  1912,  when 
the  people  of  the  First  and  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian 
Churches  worshipped  together  in  one  final  notable  service 
in  the  old  building  at  Twenty-first  street  and  Indiana  ave- 
nue. The  Christmas  music  provided  was  probably  the 
most  magnificent  presentation  of  instrumental  and  choral 
work  ever  heard  in  Chicago,  in  connection  with  a  Church 
service.  The  Cantata,  'Wondrous  Words  of  Love,'  for 
-solo  voices,  chorus,  orchestra,  and  organ,  was  given  under 
the  direction  of  the  composer.  Elder  Philo  Adams  Otis," 
(From  "The  Church  News,"  January,  1913.) 

The  first  Choir  (1874)  of  the  Forty-first  Street  Presby- 
terian Church  was  a  quartette : 

Mrs.  Lewis  N.  Stone  (S.),  Miss  Mary  May  Hubbard 
(A.),  Mr.  John  Rattenbury  (T.),  Mr.  Milton  Palm  (B.), 
Mr.  J.  H.  B.  Henderson  (O.). 

Other  members  from  1874  to  1912: 

Organists:  Miss  Elizabeth  Lamson,  Miss  Charlotte 
Dodd,  Miss  Anna  Carhart,  Mr.  Henry  Howenstein,  Miss 
Mary  Peirce,  Mr.  Frank  Hazen,  Mr.  Victor  Garwood,  and 
Mr.  C.  H.  Demorest. 

Sopranos:  Mrs.  L.  J.  Lamson,  Miss  Jessie  Carpenter, 
Miss  Lucille  Stevenson,  Miss  Mary  Peck  Thomson,  Miss 
Eva  E.  Wycoff,  and  Miss  Jeannette  Durno. 

Altos:  Mrs.  C.  A.  Poole,  Miss  Alice  Hayes,  Miss  Louise 
Blish,  Miss  Mae  Plumb,  Miss  Elizabeth  Fisher,  and  Miss 
Barbara  Waite. 

Tenors:  Mr.  James  L.  Swift,  Mr.  William  Hall,  Mr. 
Alfred  D.  Shaw,  and  Mr.  George  A.  Brewster. 

Basses:  Mr.  James  S.  Moore,  Mr.  Henry  Poritz,  Mr. 
John  T.  Read,  and  Mr.  WilHam  G.  Peirce. 

The  Choir  in  December,  1912,  prior  to  the  consolida- 
tion with  the  First  Church,  was  under  the  direction  of  Mr. 
Allan  B.  Benedict  (O.)  and  consisted  of  Mrs.  Beatrice  F. 
Erlinger  (S.)  and  Mr.  Ben  Q.  Tufts  (B.)  as  soloists,  and 
the  Choral  Society  of  thirty  voices. 


FORTY-FIRST  ST,  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.         281 

OFFICERS 

1912 

The  Rev.  William  Chalmers  Covert,  D.  D.,  Minister. 

SESSION. 

Charles  L.  Boyd.  Alexander  H.  Lovvden. 

B.  O.  Cowan.  Walter  R.  Mee. 

Hugh  S.  Foster.  William  Lathrop  Moss. 

O.  S.  Gilbert.  Henry  H.  McLane. 

Charles  A.  Heath.  Ernest  S.  Stough. 

S.  O.  Knudson.  Archibald  H.  Wilson. 

clerk  of  session. 

William  Lathrop  Moss.^ 

Highland  Park,  111. 

DEACONS. 

A.  P.  Ballou.  Fred  A.  Dow. 

James  L.  Baldwin.  T.  A.  Galt. 

Harry  A.  Brinkman.  Daniel  C.  Gordon. 

Alfred  A.  Chichester.  Fred  E.  Haines. 

Harry  L.  Carpenter.  Frederick  C.  Harper. 

William  A.  Capron.  C.  E.  Lasure. 

BOARD  of  trustees. 

Charles  A.  Heath.  Warren  A.  Lamson. 

Dr.  W.  M.  Harsha.  R.  E.  Pratt. 

E.  O.  Heyl.  a.  C.  Terry. 

E.  K.  Herrick.2  Alfred  C.  Tyler. 

Dr.  J.  E.  Haskell.  Thomas  E.  Wells,  H. 

S.  O.  Knudson.  Thomas  E.  Wilson. 

church  treasurer. 

A.  C.  Terry, 

4217  Grand  Boulevard. 

SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 

SupT.,  Mr.  Walter  R.  Mee. 

Ass't  Supt.,  Mr.  Charles  A.  Heath. 

Secy.,  Miss  Alice  S.  Wilde. 

music  committee. 
Mrs.  E.  O.  Heyl,        Mrs.  William  C.  Covert. 
Charles  A.  Heath.    The  Rev.  William  C.  Covert,  D.  D. 


iMr.  Moss  died  May  13,  1913,  at  Highland  Park,  Illinois. 

2 Mr.  E.  K.  Herrick  died  March  3,  1913.     He  had  been  an  earnest  worker  in  the 
Forty-first  Street  Church  for  twenty-nine  years. 


282  THE  CONSOLIDATED  CHURCHES. 

THE    CONSOLIDATED    FIRST    AND    FORTY-FIRST 
STREET  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCHES,  HERE- 
AFTER   KNOWN    AS   THE    FIRST 
PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

Dr.  Barrows  was  one  of  the  first  to  foresee  that  in  the 
tremendous  growth  of  this  city,  the  entire  district  adjacent 
to  the  edifice  at  Twenty-first  street  and  Indiana  avenue 
would  soon  be  needed  for  business  and  not  for  homes. 
He  again  and  again  urged  the  Session  and  the  Trustees 
to  be  forehanded  and  secure  a  location  farther  south  for 
the  future  home  of  the  Church.  In  a  letter  dated  April  29, 
1895,  written  to  every  member  of  the  Session,  he  expressed 
the  fear : 

"That  the  First  Church  would  delay  its  removal  so 
long  as  to  miss  the  obest  opportunities  presented  by  the 
growing  population  south  of  Thirty-ninth  street." 

In  1897,  every  friend  of  the  Church  realized  that  its 
income  was  steadily  diminishing,  and  that  the  character  of 
the  membership  was  changing;  new  families  were  not  com- 
ing into  the  Church ;  death  and  removal  were  making  sad 
inroads  among  the  older  members. 

A  meeting  was  held  on  Monday  evening,  December  16, 
1901,  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Ernest  A.  Hamill,  at  which 
were  present  the  Trustees  and  members  of  the  Session  and 
Congregation.  Mr.  William  H.  Swift,  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  presented  a  statement  of  the  finances 
of  the  Society,  which  showed  clearly  that  the  time  had  come 
when  the  future  of  the  Church  must  be  seriously  considered. 
Three  questions  were  settled  at  this  meeting: 

1.  That  the  location  of  the  Church  should  not  be 
changed  at  present. 

2.  That  the  building  should  be  put  in  thorough  repair, 
both  as  to  exterior  and  interior ;  and 

3.  That  the  Trustees  might  use  the  purchase  money 
received  from  the  sale  of  the  R.  R.  Mission  property  to  the 
African  M.  E.  Church  for  such  purposes  as  the  Trustees 
thought  for  the  best  interests  of  the  Society. 


FIRST   PRESBVTHRIAX   CHURCH. 
Indiana  Avenue  and  T^^emy  First  Street  (1913) 


THE  CONSOLIDATED  CHURCHES.  283 

The  latter  resolution  was  unanimously  agreed  to  by 
the  men  present,  as  they  represented  a  large  majority  of 
those  who  gave  the  money  with  which  the  Chapel  was 
built  in  1891.  The  Trustees  were,  therefore,  perfectly 
justified  in  using  this  fund  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
Church. 

In  accordance  with  the  second  resolution,  the  building 
was  thoroughly  renovated  in  the  summer  of  1902,  a  large 
portion  of  the  cost  having  been  raised  by  subscription 
through  the  efforts  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Chichester. 

One  great  need  in  the  First  Church  has  been  a  sys- 
tematic method  of  finance,  whereby  the  maintenance  of  the 
Church  services  and  the  care  of  the  property  should  be  of 
equal  importance  with  the  benevolent  causes.  Prior  to 
1910  (when  the  envelope  system  for  "Church  Support"  was 
introduced),  the  Sunday  plate  collections,  aggregating  over 
$1,000,000  in  the  past  fifty  years,  had  been  given  to  the 
regular  Boards,  exclusive  of  gifts  by  individual  members 
of  the  Congregation  to  schools,  colleges,  and  city  charities. 
Not  a  dollar  of  the  Sunday  ofiferings  had  ever  been  applied 
towards  "Church  Support."  In  the  meantime,  the  Trustees 
were  often  without  funds  with  which  to  meet  current  ex- 
penses, in  consequence  of  the  uncertain,  inadequate  income 
from  pew  rentals.  Undoubtedly  these  large  plate  collec- 
tions have  been  of  the  greatest  good  in  extending  mission 
work  at  home  and  abroad  and  in  promoting  other  worthy 
causes;  but  one  cannot  evade  the  thought  that  some  of 
this  money  could  have  been  equally  well  employed  in  pro- 
viding for  the  future  of  our  beloved  Church.  It  does  seem 
incredible  that  in  the  period  of  our  greatest  prosperity,  be- 
tween the  Jubilee  (1883)  and  the  Diamond  Jubilee  (1908), 
the  question  of  an  endowment  was  not  even  considered. 
The  Boards  needed  money,  the  people  of  the  First  Church 
were  large  givers,  so  the  question  of  an  endowment  was 
laid  aside  and  the  money  bestowed  in  meeting  the  immedi- 
ate demands  of  other  Presbyterian  interests. 

The  inexorable  laws  of  sound  finance  are  often  hard 
and  cruel,  but  they  are  as  unalterable  as  "the  laws  and  cus- 


284  THE  CONSOLIDATED  CHURCHES. 

toms  Moses  delivered  us."  Over  $1,000,000  given  away, 
and  no  provision  for  an  endowment!  This  should  be  an 
object  lesson  to  every  Church  in  the  Chicago  Presbytery. 

To  Dr.  Morison  must  be  given  the  credit  for  the  sug- 
gestion of  the  Diamond  Jubilee  (1908)  and  the  Com- 
memorative Fund.  In  1906  the  attendance  at  the  Church 
services  and  income  from  pew  rentals  had  declined  to  such 
a  point  as  to  demand  serious  consideration  by  the  Trustees 
and  Session.  The  membership  had  not  decreased  so  much 
in  numbers,  as  in  character  and  quality.  The  First  Church 
reported  to  the  Presbytery,  April  1,  1896,  five  months  after 
the  resignation  of  Dr.  Barrows,  a  membership  of  731;  April 
1,  1899—789;  April  1,  1905—710.  But  the  members  in  1905 
were  not  home  dwellers.  They  came  from  the  restless,  chang- 
ing population,  characteristic  of  the  metropolis — the  flotsam 
and  jetsam  of  human  life  in  great  cities.  Dr.  Morison  was 
the  first  to  consider  this  condition  of  affairs,  and  he  urged 
upon  the  men  the  necessity  of  securing  at  once  an  income  for 
the  future  needs  of  the  Church ;  but  no  action  was  taken  until 
December  6,  1908  (Diamond  Jubilee),  when  through  his 
efforts  an  offering  of  $26,000  was  secured  toward  the 
Commemorative  Fund.  By  action  of  the  Session,  the  offer- 
ing on  the  third  Sunday  in  December  of  each  year  must 
be  added  to  the  Fund,  together  with  twenty  per  cent  of  the 
plate  collections  on  other  Sundays.  The  Commemorative 
Fund  has  not  increased  as  the  Trustees  had  reason  to 
expect.  At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  in  December, 
1910,  the  Treasurer  of  the  Fund,  Mr.  Lucius  J.  Otis,  re- 
ported a  total  of  $37,000  (including  the  $10,000  legacy  from 
the  will  of  Mrs.  Daniel  A.  Jones),  an  increase  of  only  $3,000 
in  two  years  from  a  Congregation  which  gave  to  the  Boards 
$30,000  in  the  same  period.    The  Fund  is  now  (1913)  $39,600. 

"With  the  resignation  (1910)  of  Dr.  Morison,  the  future 
of  the  Church  certainly  was  not  clear.  The  income  from  a 
Fund  of  $37,000  could  not  meet  the  annual  deficit,  and 
the  time  for  the  adoption  of  a  new  policy  was  now  at  hand. 
On  November  39,  1910,  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  rooms 
of  the  Presbytery,  at  which  were  present  Trustees,  Elders, 


THE  CONSOLI DATED  CHURCHES.  285 

Deacons,  and  members  from  the  Congregation.  Mr.  Ernest 
A.  llamill  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  the  whole  subject 
of  the  future  of  the  Church  was  thoroughly  discussed.  On 
motion,  the  chairman  was  re(|ucsted  to  appoint  a  committee 
of  five,  one  from  the  Session,  one  from  the  Trustees,  one 
from  the  Deacons,  and  two  from  the  Congregation,  to  make 
an  exhaustive  study  of  the  situation,  and  to  report  to  the  Ses- 
sion at  an  early  date.  Mr.  llamill  made  the  following 
appointments:  Messrs.  S.  Leonard  P»oyce,  Chairman  (Ses- 
sion), Philo  Adams  Otis  (Trustees),  Bradford  Wells 
(Deacons),  J.  W.  Janney,  and  P»yron  L.  Smith  (Congrega- 
tion). This  committee,  known  as  the  "Committee  on 
Recommendation  and  Investi<;ation,"  gave  two  years  of 
thought  to  the  subject,  carefully  considering  every  plan 
possible  for  the  future  of  the  First  Church,  with  due  regard 
to  the  preservation  of  its  name  and  corporate  existence. 
Early  in  1!)12,  the  Session  added  to  the  committee  Messrs. 
Charles  Ailing,  A.  L.  Berry,  William  M.  Derby,  and  Henry 
W,  Dudley.  The  new  committee  had  several  meetings  with 
a  committee  from  the  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian 
Church,  consisting  of  Mr.  Charles  A.  Heath,  Dr.  William 
M.  Plarsha,  and  the  Rev.  William  C.  Covert,  D.  D.  (Minister). 
On  May  31,  1012,  the  joint  committee  from  both  Churches 
met  at  the  Northern  Trust  Company  and  agreed  on  a  basis 
of  union.  The  committee  of  the  First  Church  made  its 
report  accordingly:  (1)  to  the  Session  on  June  3,  1912;  (2) 
to  the  Trustees,  June  7,  1912,  by  which  Boards  the  report 
was  unanimously  received  and  adopted;  and  (3)  to  a  special 
meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society,  on  Wednesday  evening, 
June  19,  1912. 

The  notices  sent  for  this  meeting  contained  ballots  for 
each  member  to  sign,  "for"  or  "against"  the  union,  and 
requested  such  ballots  to  be  returned,  sealed,  prior  to  June  18, 
1912,  to  Mr.  Henry  H.  Munger,  clerk  of  the  Session. 

The  eventful  evening  having  arrived,  Mr.  Henry  W. 
Dudley  was  called  to  the  chair,  with  Mr.  Henry  H.  Munger 
as  clerk.  The  report  of  the  committee  was  then  pre- 
sented by  the  Chairman,  Mr.  S.  Leonard  Boyce,  who  ex- 


286  THE  CONSOLIDATED  CHURCHES. 

plained  the  advantages  to  be  gained  and  urged  upon  the 
members  present  that  their  ballots  be  given  for  the  union. 
The  clerk  was  about  to  announce  the  result  of  the  ballot- 
ing, when  Miss  Helen  V.  Drake  arose  and  begged  consent 
of  the  meeting  to  allow  the  women  to  work  on  a  plan  they 
had  in  mind  for  building  a  new  Church  in  Kenwood.  Miss 
Margaretta  E.  Otis  then  stated  that  she  had  received  pledges 
aggregating  the  sum  of  $51,000  towards  the  erection  of  the 
proposed  Church. 

After  discussion  it  was  voted  to  postpone  action  on  the 
report  until  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society 
on  Monday  evening,  December  2. 

A  committee  of  five  women  and  four  men  was  there- 
upon appointed  to  solicit  subscriptions  for  the  erection  of 
a  new  Church  in  Kenwood:  Miss  Helen  V.  Drake,  Chair- 
man; Miss  Margaretta  E.  Otis,  Treasurer;  Mrs.  Sidney 
Starbuck,  Miss  Leila  Brown,  Mrs.  Charles  Burr,  Mr.  Henry 
M.  Curtis,  Mr.  William  M.  Derby,  Mr.  James  W.  Janney, 
and  Mr.  James  C.  Ames. 

On  Monday  evening,  December  2,  1912,  Miss  Helen 
V.  Drake,  chairman  of  the  new  building  committee,  presented 
her  report : 

"Although  we  have  not  succeeded  in  raising  the  sum 
needed,  each  member  of  this  Committee  is  glad  that  he  or 
she  made  the  effort;  we  have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing 
that  we  have  tried  to  do  what  seemed  to  be  our  duty  as  well 
as  our  pleasure,  our  reward  being  the  privilege  of  sitting  a 
few  more  times  in  our  beloved  family  pews,  which,  with 
some  of  us,  have  come  next  to  our  own  homes  during  the 
past  forty  years,  and  enjoying  the  ideal  service  of  music  and 
Gospel  Truth,  in  the  beautiful  "afterglow  of  vanished  days." 

Miss  Margaretta  E.  Otis,  Treasurer,  then  reported  that 
the  total  amount  subscribed  for  the  new  building  was 
$82,879.95,  hardly  more  than  one-half  the  sum  asked  for.  The 
sincere  thanks  of  the  meeting  were  then  voted  to  Miss 
Drake  and  her  associates  on  the  building  committee,  who 
had  given  so  much  time  and  thought  to  a  work  which  had 
been  with  them  a  labor  of  love. 


THE  CONSOLIDATED  CHURCHES.  287 

The  report  of  the  "Committee  on  Recommendation  and 
Investigation"  being  then  in  order  and  the  ballots  having 
been  cast  in  favor  of  the  union  of  the  First  and  Forty-first 
Street  Presbyterian  Churches,  the  consolidation  was  then 
effected.  The  provisions  of  the  consolidation,  as  outlined 
in  the  report  of  the  committee,  June  14,  1912,  are: 

"I  That  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  and  Society 
move  to  the  Church  edifice  of  the  Forty-first  Street  Presby- 
terian Church  at  the  corner  of  Grand  boulevard  and  Forty- 
first  street  without  any  change  of  name  or  in  its  identity. 
"II.  That  if  found  practical,  all  our  memorial  windows 
and  tablets,  upon  consent  of  the  donors,  together  with  fur- 
niture and  organ,  be  moved  to  that  Church  ; 

"III.  That  the  entire  membership  of  the  Forty-first 
Street  Church,  amounting  to  900,  be  transferred  by  action 
of  the  Presbytery  to  our  Church,  and  that  the  present 
Minister  of  the  Forty-first  Street  Church  be  installed  Min- 
ister of  the  united  Churches; 

"IV.  That  the  members  of  all  Boards  and  Committees 
of  both  Churches  tender  their  resignations  and  new  officers  be 
elected  by  the  united  Church  and  Society ; 

"V.  That  all  the  property  of  the  Forty-first  Street 
Church,  valued  at  $100,000,  be  conveyed  to  the  First  Church. 
"VI.  That  in  event  of  the  sale  of  the  First  Church  prop- 
erty at  the  corner  of  Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty-first 
street  the  proceeds  thereof  be  added  to  our  Endowment 
Fund  and  be  held  and  invested  by  the  Northern  Trust  Com- 
pany and  the  income  thereof  used  for  the  maintenance  and 
support  of  the  First  Church,  and  that  the  principal  thereof 
be  used  only  to  apply  upon  the  purchase  of  a  new  Church 
lot  and  the  erection  of  a  Church  edifice  thereon ;  and 

"VII.  That  the  remainder  of  the  purchase  money  of  the 
Railroad  Chapel  property  be  invested  and  the  entire  net 
income  thereof  be  used  for  the  maintenance  and  general 
expense  of  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  Railroad  Mission 
as  long  as  it  shall  be  carried  on  by  the  Church. 

The  final  service  of  consummation  was  held  in  the 
Forty-first  Street  Church  on  Monday  night,  December  30, 
at  which  time  the  First  Church  received  the  943  members 
by  letter  from  the  Forty-first  Street  Church  and  elected 
Elders,  Deacons,  and  Trustees  comprising  the  Boards  of  the 


288  THE  CONSOLIDATED  CHURCHES. 

two  Churches  in  the  consolidation.  To  the  Rev.  William 
Chalmers  Covert,  D.  D.,  was  extended  a  call  to  become 
Minister  of  the  First  Church  and  to  the  Rev.  John  Newton 
Freeman,  D.  D.,  a  call  to  be  the  Associate  Minister. 

SESSION. 

Class  of  1913  :    Charles  E.  Baker,  Albert  L.  Berry,  Henry 

W.  Dudley,  Hugh  F.  Foster,  Joseph  W.  Ferine, 

and  E.  S.  Stough. 

Class  of  1914:    Charles  Alling,  Jr.,  S.  Leonard  Boyce,  O. 

S.  Gilbert,  Charles  A.  Heath,  and  Henry  H.  Munger. 
Class  of  1915:    A.  C.  DePoy,  S.  O.  Knudson,  A.  H.  Low- 
den,  Walter  R.  Mee,  Philo  Adams  Otis, 
and  Col.  James  M.  Emery, 
deacons. 
James  C.  Ames.  Earl  C.  GrEENman. 

J.  L.  Baldwin.  F.  E.  Haines. 

A.  P.  Ballou.  F.  C.  Harper. 

W.  A.  Capron.  C.  a.  Lasure. 

H.  L.  Carpenter.  Henry  J.  MageE. 

A.  A.  Chichester.  William  A.  Magie. 

Henry  C.  Davis.  William  S.  Smith. 

Thomas  A.  Galt.  Alfred  Vernon. 

D.  C.  Gordon.  Bradford  Wells. 

Eugene  Wendnagle. 
board  of  trustees. 
S.  Leonard  Boyce.  W.  A.  Lamson. 

Earl  C.  Greenman.  Charles  T.  Otis. 

William  M.  Harsha.  Philo  Adams  Otis. 

J.  E.  Haskell.  William  Sumner  Smith. 

Charles  A.  Heath.  Albert  C.  Terry. 

E.  K.  Herrick.  T.  E.  Wells. 

E.  O.  Heyl.  Thomas  E.  Wilson. 

treasurer  of  the  church. 

Albert  C.  Terry. 

Mr.   Terry,   having  taken   up   his   residence   in   California, 

tendered  his  resignation  to  the  Trustees  on  Monday  evening, 

June  9,  1913,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Charles  A.  Heath. 

treasurer  of   benevolent   FUNDS. 

William  Sumner  Smith. 

treasurer  of  young  people's  mission  association. 

Charles  T.  Otis. 


THE  CONSOLIDATED  CHURCHES.  289 

TREASURER    OF    DIAMOND    JUBILEE    COMMEMORATIVE    FUND. 

Lucius  J.  Otis. 

COMMITTEE  ON    music. 

Philo  a.  Otis.  Francis  S.  Moore. 

Ernest  A.  Hamill,  The  Rev.  W.  C.  Covert,  D.  D. 

The  Rev.  William  C.  Covert,  D.  D.,  having  accepted 
the  call  from  the  First  Church,  was  installed  January  24, 
1913,  as  its  ninth  Minister,  and  the  Rev.  John  Newton  Free- 
man, D.  D.,  as  Associate  Minister. 

On  Sunday  morning,  March  16,  Dr.  Covert  presented 
to  the  Congregation  the  plans  he  had  long  entertained  re- 
garding the  larger  work  for  the  new  First  Church  on 
institutional  lines.  His  theme  was,  "Ushering  Jesus  Into 
the  City,"  based  on  the  text,  "And  when  He  was  come  near, 
He  beheld  the  city  and  wept  over  it."  (St.  Luke  xix:  41.) 

"We  need/'  said  the  Minister,  "better  accommodations 
for  the  Sunday-school,  an  enlarged  and  attractive  Chapel 
for  our  mid-week  prayer  service,  and  a  permanent  home 
for  the  Minister." 

Pointing  to  the  gallery,  where  one  hundred  and  twelve 
boys  were  seated  (one  hundred  and  twelve  strong  arguments 
for  the  work  in  hand),  the  Minister  added: 

"Our  boys  are  asking  for  a  gymnasium,  reading  room, 
and  library.  We  must  consider  the  physical  as  well  as  the 
moral  needs  of  our  sons,  in  order  that  they  may  have  whole- 
some recreation  amid  proper  surroundings." 

Early  in  April,  1913,  the  Trustees  appointed  a  Build- 
ing and  Improvement  Committee:  Messrs.  S.  Leonard 
Boyce,  Chairman,  Charles  A.  Heath,  William  Sumner 
Smith,  Thomas  E.  Wilson,  and  Philo  Adams  Otis,  to  secure 
the  necessary  funds  and  proceed  with  the  changes  and  altera- 
tions in  the  Forty-first  Street  edifice,  so  long  desired  by 
the  people  of  this  Church  and  community.  On  May  4,  the 
bulletin  announced  that  the  Committee  had  purchased  for 
$17,500  the  premises,  4108  Grand  Boulevard,  south  of  and  ad- 
joining the  Church,  as  a  home  for  the  Minister,  and  to  be 
known  as  the  Manse.  On  May  15,  the  Committee,  having  se- 
cured the  sum  of  $77,300,  in  cash  and  pledges,  began  the  prepa- 


290  THE  CONSOLIDATED  CHURCHES. 

ration  of  plans  under  the  supervision  of  the  architect,  Mr. 
Charles  S.  Frost. 

Six  hundred  people  have  contributed  to  this  cause, 
in  sums  varying  from  one  to  ten  thousand  dollars.  One 
hundred  of  the  contributors  are  people  living  in  the  im- 
mediate vicinity  of  the  First  Church,  who  are  in  no  way 
affiliated  with  the  work,  but  have  faith  in  the  efforts  the 
Society  is  making  for  the  boys  and  girls  of  the  community. 

The  memorial  windows  and  tablets,  and  the  organ 
from  the  old  edifice  at  Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty-first 
street  have  been  removed  to  the  new  home  of  the  Church 
at  Forty-first  street.  We  hope  in  the  early  autumn  to  be 
installed  in  a  modern  building,  thoroughly  equipped — a 
worthy  recognition  of  the  union  of  two  Congregations  and 
the  inauguration  of  a  new  work,  in  a  new  field,  by  the  old 
First   Church. 


WILLIAM  CHALMERS  COVERT.  291 

WILLIAM  CHALMERS  COVERT, 
NINTH  MINISTER 

The  most  significant  movement  in  Church  circles  of 
recent  years  has  been  the  consolidation  of  the  old  First  with 
the  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian  Church.  The  final  serv- 
ice (Christmas),  held  on  Sunday  morning,  December  29, 
1912,  in  the  old  edifice  at  Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty-first 
street,  was  an  event  of  historic  interest.  To  some  of  the 
Congregation,  the  occasion  seemed  a  funeral,  its  closing  hymn, 
a  dirge.  Bitter  tears  were  shed  by  old  members,  to  whom 
the  family  pew,  with  forty  years  of  tender  associations,  seemed 
like  another  home. 

Dr.  Freeman,  in  his  sermon,  "A  Glorious  Inventory," 
discussed  the  work  accomplished  by  the  old  First  Church 
in  its  eighty  years  of  life  since  Fort  Dearborn  days.  Dr. 
Covert  followed : 

"Tears  are  in  order,  but  they  must  not  prevent  this 
Church  from  seeing  the  width  of  the  new  field  into  which 
God  is  leading  her.  There  are  before  her  opportunities  as 
great  as  any  in  her  long  history.  In  meeting  the  crises  of 
the  past,  this  Church  came  to  power,  and  the  fame  of  her 
pulpit  under  John  Henry  Barrows  spread  throughout  the 
world.  The  very  difificulties  in  her  way  made  William  John 
Chichester  and  her  other  Ministers  pentecostal  messengers. 
Therefore,  close  up  the  ranks,  and  under  the  banner  of  this 
historic    Church,    move    on,    chanting    hopefully,    'Onward, 

Christian  Soldiers.'  " 

William  Chalmers  Covert  was  born  October  4,  1864, 
of  Scotch-Irish  and  Holland-Dutch  parents,  in  a  Presby- 
terian community  near  Franklin,  Indiana.  In  a  country 
academy,  not  far  from  Franklin,  founded  by  Col.  Simon 
Covert,  soldier  of  1812,  the  young  lad  received  his  early 
education.  Pie  was  graduated  from  Hanover  College,  Indiana, 
in  1885  and  from  the  McCormick  Theological  Seminary  in 
1888.  Soon  after  graduation,  he  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Indianapolis  his  first  license  to  preach  and  was 
ordained  to  the  Gospel  ministry  by  the  Presbytery  of  St. 
Paul,  Minn.     Plis  first  serious  work  was  the  organization 


292  WILLIAM  CHALMERS  COVERT. 

of  the  St.  Paul  Park  Presbyterian  Church,  as  a  Home 
Mission  enterprise,  of  which  he  was  Minister  from  1888  to 
1891.  While  in  this  pastorate  he  was  married,  on  May  14, 
1890,  in  the  old  stone  church  of  Clinton,  New  York,  to  Alice 
Brown  Hudson,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  B.  Hudson,  D.D, 

His  next  ministry  was  with  the  Merriam  Park  Presby- 
terian Church  of  St.  Paul.  In  1898,  he  was  chosen  Modera- 
tor of  the  Synod  of  Minnesota.  He  served  as  Trustee  of  the 
Macalester  Synodical  College  of  Minnesota  for  five  years; 
Trustee  of  the  Albert  Lea  College  for  Women  for  seven 
years.  All  this  time  he  was  working  on  the  editorial  staff 
of  the  "Northwestern  Presbyterian,"  published  in  Minne- 
apolis. 

In  October,  1900,  he  was  called  to  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Saginaw,  Michigan,  where  he  labored 
until  the  call  came  to  him  in  March,  1905,  from  the  Forty- 
first  Street  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago.  When  the 
consolidation  of  the  First  and  Forty-first  Street  Presby- 
terian Churches  was  effected,  on  December  30,  1912,  Dr. 
Covert  was  chosen  Minister  of  the  new  First  Church  and 
was  installed  January  24,  1913. 

In  the  midst  of  the  active  work  of  his  parish,  the 
Minister  has  found  time  to  serve  for  ten  years  on  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  McCormick  Seminary  and,  more  recently, 
as  Secretary  of  their  Executive  Committee  and  Special  Lec- 
turer on  Church  History.  The  editorial  staff  of  the  "Con- 
tinent" demands  much  of  his  time,  as  does  also  the  "]\Ien  at 
Work,"  the  national  magazine  of  the  Presbyterian  Brother- 
hood, of  which  he  is  editor.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Clerical 
Board  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital;  member  of  the  Board  of 
Church  Extension  of  the  Chicago  Presbytery;  and  member  of 
the  General  Assembly's  Committee  on  religious  education  for 
the  past  five  years.  Dr.  Covert  was  chosen  a  Commissioner  to 
the  General  Assembly,  now  (1913)  meeting  at  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

During  these  busy  years.  Dr.  Covert  has  found  leisure 
for  literary  work  and  has  given  to  the  world  some  charm- 
ing stories,  showing  that,  like  Izaak  Walton,  his  heart  is 


WILLIAM  CHALMERS  COVERT.  293 

near  to  nature :  "The  Christmas  Day  Dream,"  "The  Plumb 
Line,"  "The  Parish  Trail,"  "What  Israel  Ought  to  Do,"  and 
"With  Verdure  Clad."  During  the  recent  Lenten  period, 
he  delivered  a  series  of  addresses  to  the  women  of  the 
parish,  which  were  instructive  and  helpful :  "The  Venerable 
Bede,"  "Catherine  of  Siena,"  "Francis  of  Assissi,"  and 
"Savonarola." 

The  Forty-first  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  under  the 
ministry  of  Dr.  Covert,  has  made  distinct  progress,  equal 
to  that  of  any  church  in  the  Chicago  Presbytery,  bringing 
a  membership  of  nine  hundred  and  fifty  into  the  consolida- 
tion with  the  old  First  Church.  From  the  very  inception 
of  the  union  of  these  two  strong  forces,  it  has  been  the 
Minister's  thought  that  the  Church  building  should  be  used 
for  larger  community  work.  "The  boys  and  girls,"  said  Dr. 
Covert,  "should  have  consideration  in  their  physical  develop- 
ment as  well  as  in  their  moral ;  there  should  be  a  gymnasium, 
library  and  room  for  games,  with  offices  for  the  various  work- 
ers." The  Building  and  Improvement  Committee  has  met  with 
such  liberal  responses  from  our  own  members  and  from  gen- 
erous people  in  the  neighborhood,  that  we  can  all  look  forward, 
in  the  early  autumn,  "to  an  amplified  Church  plant,  with  ac- 
commodations therein,  which  have  been  so  long  needed  and 
yearned  for  by  young  and  old." 


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THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL 

Mr.  E.  G.  Mason,  in  his  "Chicago  and  Early  Illinois" 
(1890),  gives  the  address  by  Mr.  Philo  Carpenter  to  the 
First  Church  Sunday-school  (1868),  in  which  Mr.  Carpenter 
told  the  children  how  he  came  to  organize  the  school,  with 
names  of  scholars  and  other  particulars.  Mr.  Carpenter 
arrived  in  Chicago,  July  18,  1832,  and  on  Sunday  morn- 
ing, August  19,  a  month  later,  with  the  assistance  of 
Capt.  Seth  Johnson  of  the  fort,  and  John  Noble,  "a 
Methodist  brother,"  he  gathered  thirteen  children  of  the 
settlement  for  a  Sunday-school,  in  an  unfinished  building 
belonging  to  Mark  Beaubien.  Later,  the  services  were  held 
in  "Father"  Walker's  cabin,  until  Jeremiah  Porter  came,  May, 
1833,  with  the  troops,  wdien  the  children  assembled  in  the 
fort.  Mr.  John  Wright,  the  Librarian,  carried  to  the  school 
every  Sunday,  in  a  silk  handkerchief,  all  the  books  constitut- 
ing the  library.  It  soon  became  necessary  to  substitute  a 
basket  for  the  silk  handkerchief,  when  Mr.  Joseph  Meeker 
arrived  in  1833  bringing  a  quantity  of  second-hand  books 
from  a  Sunday-school  in  New  York  City.  At  the  first  per- 
manent organization  of  the  school,  March  16,  1835,  Aaron 
Russell  was  elected  Superintendent;  John  Wright,  Secretary, 
and  Joseph  Meeker,  Librarian. 

Col.  Charles  Ailing,  for  many  years  our  esteemed 
Superintendent,  has  added  further  data  regarding  the  history 
of  the  school : 

"We  have  no  record  of  other  officers  until  1845,  when 
Elisha  Clark  became  Superintendent.  In  1849,  the  school 
moved  with  the  Church  to  the  new  brick  building  at  the 
southwest  corner  of  Washington  and  Clark  streets,  where 
it  had  its  own  place  of  meeting  separate  from  the  main 
audience  room  of  the  Church.  The  new  quarters  were 
commodious,  well  lighted  by  day  and  with  oil  lamps  at 
night.  There  were  two  good  sized  rooms,  in  addition  to 
the  main  school  and  lecture  room,  in  one  of  which  the 
primary  class  was  located  and  in  the  other  the  Bible  class. 
The  rooms  were  heated,  as  was  also  the  auditorium  above, 
with  large  iron  stoves.  From  1851  to  1857,  the  Superintend- 
ents were:  Henry  E.  Seelye,  Augustus  G.  Downs   (called 


THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL.  295 

"The  Sweet  Singer  in  Israel")  and  Franklin  V.  Chamber- 
lain. Under  the  wise  leadership  of  these  beloved  men  the 
school  prospered  and  was  greatly  blessed.  On  January  1, 
1857,  there  were  300  scholars  in  attendance,  with  the  fol- 
lowing teachers:  Messrs.  A.  G.  Downs,  Amzi  Benedict, 
C.  B.  Nelson,  B.  W.  Field,  H.  E.  Seelye,  L.  Z.  Leiter,  John 
Bristol,  Thos.  S.  Cooke,  Wm.  C.  Lyman,  Caleb  Goodwm, 
Samuel  T.  Hinckley,  James  HoUingsworth,  John  McMonagle, 
Joseph  Johnston,  Henry  Aliller,  A.  B.  Miller,  Seth  P.  War- 
ner, T.  C.  Whitmarsh ;  Mesdames  A.  G.  Downs,  F.  V.  Cham- 
berlain, Margarette  Clarkson  Hoard,  Lucy  Downs,  Sarah 
Downs  Moore,  Harriet  Wilbur,  Antoinette  Whitlock  (after- 
ward Mrs.  L.  C.  P.  Freer),  J.  R.  Shedd,  R.  H.  Countiss,  Enos 
Woods;  Misses  Sarah  Brookes,  Margaret  Brookes,  Betsy 
Butler,  Mary  Clarke,  Amanda  S.  Cooke,  Mary  Crary,  Eunice 
Doggett,  Catherine  Fox,  Annis  Fox,  and  Alice  Barnard. 

"After  the  removal  of  the  Church  (October,  1857),  to 
the  new  edifice  on  Wabash  avenue  at  Congress  street,  the 
school  numbered  180  scholars  with  25  teachers,  divided  into 
11  classes  of  girls,  10  of  boys,  and  4  large  Bible  classes. 
The  decrease  in  attendance  was  due  to  the  fact  that  the 
people  were  moving  to  the  W^est  and  North  Sides.  In  the 
new  building  the  school  room  was  in  the  east  end,  running 
the  entire  width  of  the  Church  over  the  main  entrance  and 
vestibule.  The  lecture  and  primary  rooms  were  in  the 
south  tower  and  the  Minister's  study  in  the  north  tower; 
the  room  was  long  and  narrow  and  well  lighted  from  the 
east  by  a  large  window  opening  into  the  main  audience  room 
above  the  gallery. 

"On  January  1,  1859,  Franklin  V.  Chamberlain  suc- 
ceeded Mr.  Downs  as  Superintendent,  but  the  latter  re- 
mained in  the  school,  teaching  a  class  and  leading  the  smg- 
ing  as  before.  Mr.  Chamberlain  was  succeeded  by  Oliver 
H.  Lee  as  Superintendent  in  1861.  Edwin  S.  Skinner  fol- 
lowed in  1862  and  1863,  assisted  by  A.  H.  Gunn  as  Asso- 
ciate, and  W.  H.  Hayden  as  Secretary,  and  John  W. 
Burdsall,  Librarian.  Through  the  influence  of  John  B. 
Gough,  many  of  the  scholars  signed  temperance  pledge  cards. 
Later,  the  cards  were  placed  in  a  large  frame  behmd  glass 
and  attached  to  the  wall  of  the  school  room;  but  all  were 
destroyed  in  the  great  fire  of  1871. 

"Joseph  W.  Smith  was  Superintendent  from  1861  to  the 
close  of  1867.  On  June  2,  1867,  the  new  Chapel  on  Con- 
gress street,  adjoining  the  Church,  was  dedicated.  This 
building  was  very  commodious  and  admirably  adapted  for 


296  THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 

Sunday  School  work,  the  3ible  and  primary  rooms  being 
separated  from  the  main  room  by  glass  partitions  which 
could  be  raised  and  lowered. 

"Edward  S.  Wells  was  Superintendent  in  1868,  suc- 
ceeded by  Henry  W.  Dudley,  who  served  until  1871,  with 
Archibald  Gibson,  Associate  Superintendent,  and  William 
Tomlinson,  Secretary  and  Librarian.  With  the  resignation 
of  Mr.  Tomlinson,  Thomas  R.  Jenkins  was  elected  Secretary. 

"Among  the  teachers  at  this  time  were:  Mesdames  Geo. 
H.  Laflin,  Jesse  Whitehead,  S.  F.  Norcross,  Andrew  Brown, 
Abby  Spencer  Eddy,  and  James  Leonard;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
William  H.  Swift,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  M.  Sherwood,  Mrs. 
Charles  Wheeler,  Mrs.  Tappan  Halsey,  Mrs.  Sexton,  the  Misses 
Andrews,  Ella  Cobb,  and  Sarah  J.  Squier;  Col.  Cuthbert  W. 
Laing,  and  Messrs.  George  F.  Bissell,  George  H.  John- 
son, Charles  Counselman,  Henry  M.  Curtis,  Nathan  M. 
Wheeler,  J.  W.  Smith,  C.  M.  Hotchkin,  and  Philo  A.  Wilbor. 

"A  ten-minute  prayer  service  followed  the  close  of 
school,  a  meeting  which  proved  a  blessing  to  officers,  teach- 
ers and  older  scholars.  Mr.  Dudley  was  a  staunch  advocate 
of  temperance.  He  urged  the  scholars  to  learn  the  Shorter 
Catechism  and  memorize  passages  of  Scripture. 

"Henry  M.  Curtis,  a  worthy  son  of  the  third  Minister 
of  the  Church,  was  Superintendent  from  1871  to  1876. 
After  the  fire  of  October,  1871,  the  school  met  in  the  Im- 
manuel  Baptist  Church  on  Michigan  avenue  at  23rd  street, 
while  the  Church  proper  held  its  services  in  Christ  Reformed 
Episcopal  Church,  on  Michigan  avenue  at  24th  street.  The 
school  continued  in  this  temporary  home  until  April,  1872, 
when  it  moved  to  the  new  home  of  the  First  Church  at 
Indiana  avenue  and  Twenty-first  street,  where  it  grew  in 
numbers  and  interest.  Every  Saturday  evening  the  teach- 
ers met  to  study  the  lesson  for  the  following  Sunday  and 
plan  for  the  growth  of  the  school. 

"George  W.  Darrow  was  Superintendent  from  1876 
to  1879,  and  William  H.  Swift,  from  January  1,  1879  to 
January  1,  1881.  Henry  D.  Penfield  served  during  1881. 
Mr.  Swift  returned  again  to  the  office  (1882-1883).  During 
the  superintendency  of  Edwin  C.  Crawford  (1884)  the 
school  session  was  changed  from  the  afternoon  to  the  noon 
hour. 

"Henry  W.  Dudley  was  again  chosen  Superintendent, 
serving  from  January  1,  1885,  to  January  1,  1892,  when  he 
was  presented  by  the  school  with  a  gold  watch  in  recogni- 
tion of  his  faithful  service,  which  covered  ten  years. 


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THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL.  297 

"The  following  served  as  officers  and  teachers  (1871- 
1892)  :  Mesdames  H.  D.  Penfield,  Robert  Fair,  Dwight  W. 
Jackson,  John  Ailing,  Henry  M.  Curtis,  George  H.  Laflin, 
Grace  Laflin  Whitehead.  John  Angus,  Charles  L.  Bing- 
ham, Samuel  Faulkner,  Hamilton  Borden,  Nellie  F.  Car- 
penter, Charles  S.  Frost,  Daniel  A.  Jones,  J.  R.  Hoagland, 
W.  A.  Magie,  C.  H.  Wheeler,  Samuel  Baker,  W.  H.  Swift, 
Charles  D.  Hamill,  B.  B.  Botsford,  Edwin  F.  Getchell,  A. 
W.  Green,  Robert  M.  Wells,  Joseph  E.  Otis,  John  E. 
Jenkins,  Charles  T.  Atkinson,  S.  F.  Norcross,  J.  H.  Brown, 
Henry  M.  Humphrey,  John  Henry  Barrows;  "Misses  Mary 
Wells,  Lulu  Faulkner,  Hattie  Faulkner,  Frances  H.  Hop- 
son,  Jessica  Jenks,  Mrs.  Delia  Otis  Deming;  Messrs.  Wm. 
C.  Grant,  W.  H.  Swift,  Philo  A.  Wllbor,  H.  D.  Penfield, 
H.  M.  Curtis,  H.  M.  Bacon,  James  Todd,  Charles  Ailing, 
Charles  S.  Frost,  Dr.  Etheridge,  Garrett  Newkirk,  Marvin 
Hughitt,  G.  F.  Bissell,  Ebenezer  Buckingham,  James  Otis, 
O.  D.  Ranney,  H.  H.  Munger,  Clifford  Williams,  C.  W. 
Lilly,  O.  P.  Curran,  J.  A.  Bissell,  Charles  L.  Bingham, 
F.  T.  Haskell,  Alexander  Murison,  and  Harry  B.  Wheeler; 
Mr.  Henry  M.  Bacon  was  most  efficient  in  supervising  study 
courses  for  which  diplomas  were  given.  The  leaders  of  the 
music  at  different  periods  have  been :  Messrs.  R.  S.  Thaine, 
Francis  S.  Moore,  and  Adam  Craig,  with  George  W.  Muri- 
son at  the  organ  and  Charles  L.  Bingham  at  the  piano. 

"Charles  Ailing  was  Superintendent  for  thirteen  of  the 
twenty-one  years  between  January  1,  1892,  and  December 
31,  1912 ;  the  longest  superintendency  in  the  history  of  the 
school.  It  was  not  a  continuous  service,  for  the  reason  that 
Mr.  Alling's  duties  as  member  of  the  City  Council  inter- 
fered with  his  regular  supervision  of  the  school.  During 
his  term  of  office,  teachers  and  scholars  joined  in  present- 
ing him  with  a  mahogany  writing  desk.  George  C.  Purdy 
assumed  the  office  from  April,  1897,  until  October  9,  1898, 
being  succeeded  by  Tracy  C.  Drake,  who  was  the  Super- 
intendent until  January  7,  1900.  When  Mr.  Dudley  was 
Superintendent,  Mr.  Drake  acted  both  as  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  performing  his  duties  with  faithfulness  and  effi- 
ciency. Mr.  Drake  and  Mr.  Todd  took  charge  of  the  supper 
given  at  Christmas  time  of  this  year  to  the  poor  children. 

"George  S.  Matheson  was  Superintendent  (1900-1903). 
He  was  succeeded  by  A.  Stuart  Baldwin  until  October, 
1903,  followed  by  Mr.  Ailing,  who  served  until  July,  1906. 
Henry  C.  Davis  was  then  elected,  holding  the  office  until 
January  1,  1908.     His  superintendency  was  notable  for  the 


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THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 


volunteer  orchestra,  which  he  organized.     Mr.   Davis  intro- 
duced the  custom  of  having  the  older  scholars  take  part  in 
the  opening  exercises.     Mr.  Ailing  resumed  his  work  Janu- 
ary 1    1908    and  continued  in  office  until  the  school  was 
merged   with   the   Forty-first   Street   Church.     Among  the 
features  of  his  administration  were  ten-mmute  papers  read 
in  the  opening  exercises  on  the  subject,  'Centuries  of  Chris- 
tian History.'     Mr.  Ailing  started  the  plan  of  celebrating 
one  Sunday  in  October  of  each  year  as  'Christian  Citizen- 
ship  Sunday,'  which  led  to  the  adoption,  by  'The   Interna- 
tional Sunday  School  Convention'  of  similar  exercises  for 
all  the  schools  of  North  America.    The  speaker  in  October 
1901,  was  Judge  Orrin  N.  Carter  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Illinois      On    this    occasion,    the    'Christian    Conquest    Flag' 
was  introduced,  designed  by  the  Rev.  S.  M.  Johnson  in  the 
moments  of  silence  observed  throughout  the  nation  during 
President  McKinley's  funeral.     Other  speakers  on  citizen- 
ship occasions  were :  Judges  R.  S.  Tuthill,  C.  S.  Cutting,  C. 
G.  Neely,  F.  L.  Fake,  J.  R.  Newcomer,  McKenzie  Cleland, 
and  Judson  F.  Going;  also  Francis  W.  Parker,  Jane  Addams, 
Charles  L.  Hutchinson  and  John  L.  Whitman. 

"During  the  superintendency  of  Mr.  Dudley,  who  was 
a  member  of  Taylor's  Battery  in  the  Civil  War,  an  Ameri- 
can flag  was  purchased.  This  flag,  with  the  Conquest 
Flag,  was  carried  to  the  platform  every  Sunday. 

"For  twenty-five  years  the  school  has  given  annually 
$300  to  the  support  of  a  Child's  Free  Bed  in  the  Presby- 
terian Hospital  (a  record  surpassing  all  other  schools  in 
this  Presbytery),  in  addition  to  $300  raised  annually  for 
other  benevolences. 

"The  school  has  been  supported  by  an  annual  collec- 
tion taken  in  the  Church  through  the  efforts  of  the  Young 
People's  Mission  Association  (Mr.  Charles  T.  Otis,  Treas- 
urer), by  which  collection  $600  to  $800  was  secured. 

"During  Mr.  Alling's  term  of  office,  a  stereopticon  was 
purchased  for  the  use  of  the  school,  which  Prof.  McCalla 
has  employed  most  effectively  at  the  various  lectures  and 
evening  entertainments  given  during  the  winter  months. 
Mr.  Ailing  was  also  instrumental  in  providing  a  pamphlet 
containing  the  words  of  200  good  hymns,  with  separate 
books  of  music  for  the  use  of  the  orchestra.  The  Christmas, 
Easter,  Rally,  Hospital,  and  Citizenship  services  have  always 
been  well  attended  by  members  of  the  Congregation.  On 
Children's  Day,  the  scholars  and  officers  of  Railroad  Mis- 
sion joined  with  the  home  school  for  the  morning  service 


THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL.  299 

in  the  main  auditorium.  The  Christmas  suppers  of  the 
school  in  the  last  seven  years  were  particularly  joyous 
occasions. 

"In  December,  1908  (Diamond  Jubilee),  the  Sunday 
School  room  was  crowded  with  members  from  the  Congre- 
gation and  friends,  who  came  to  attend  these  important  ex- 
ercises. Several  former  Superintendents  were  present.  The 
history  of  the  school  from  its  organization  in  1832  until 
January,  1892,  was  read  by  Henry  M.  Curtis.  Mrs.  Martha 
Wells  Atkinson  read  an  interesting  paper  on  the  period  in  the 
school's  history  between  1892  and  the  Jubilee  (1908).  The 
present  article  has  been  prepared  from  the  manuscripts  read  on 
this  occasion. 

"From  1892  the  Assistant  Superintendents  were: 
Charles  L.  Bingham,  Clarence  A.  Fiske,  Louis  M.  Grant, 
Ralph  T.  Hoagland,  Francis  M.  Case,  Robert  A.  Scovel, 
Paul  H.  Clark,  Frank  B.  Bradley,  Walter  F.  Brown,  Van 
W.  Ailing,  John  Angus,  Hugh  W.  Croxton,  William  Sum- 
ner Smith,  George  D.  Negley,  H.  Stuart  Dudley,  John 
Sears,  Lawrence  D.  Rockwell,  Alfred  Vernon,  and  Arthur 
C.  DePoy. 

"Between  1891  and  1900  the  position  of  Secretary- 
Treasurer  was  filled  successively  by:  Frank  B.  Bradley, 
Louis  C.  Penfield,  Francis  M.  Case,  John  L.  Jones,  John 
B.  Drake,  Jr.,  Laurence  H.  and  Raymond  C.  Dudley,  and 
Walter  F.  Brown.  The  ofifices  were  then  separated  and  the 
following  served  as  Secretary:  R.  P.  Thompson,  Hugh  W. 
Croxton,  William  M.  Wilson,  Bradford  Wells,  George  D. 
Negley,  H.  Stuart  Dudley,  Albert  J.  Little,  Miss  Hortense 
Carborg,  Allen  Stites,  and  Duncan  Mclntyre.  Arthur  W. 
Brintnall  was  Treasurer  from  January  7,  1900,  until  October 
7,  1903,  and  Clarence  R.  Manzer  until  January  1,  1913. 

"Since  1891  the  Librarians  have  been  :  James  E.  Slocum, 
Francis  M.  Case,  Daniel  U.  Chamberlain,  Harold  Gris- 
wol'd,  Wirt  A.  and  Miss  Genevieve  Stevens,  H.  W.  Thomp- 
son, Livingston  Glover,  Paul  McCalla,  Miner  T.  Ames, 
James  Boyce,  George  Jamieson,  and  Harry  J.  Magee.  Prof. 
McCalla  classified  the  books  in  the  Library  and  made  a 
catalogue.  One  of  the  teachers  gave  some  new  books  with 
cases,  and  also  furnished  book  plates  from  a  design  engraved 
by  the  late  Mr.  Spenceley.  The  same  teacher  furnished 
oak  tables  for  the  use  of  each  class. 

"Mrs.  Joseph  E.  Otis  gave,  as  a  memorial  the  piano 
which  her  daughter,  Pauline,  had  used  in  her  lifetime. 

"George  W.  Murison  served  as  pianist  for  a  period  of 
twenty  years  and  more.     During  this  time  he   met  Miss 


300  THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL 

Myrta  Whitehill,  who  was  organist  for  the  school,  and  to 
whom  he  is  now  married.  Charles  L.  Bingham  assisted 
at  the  organ;  Jesse  Whitehead  at  the  piano,  alternating  at 
the  organ,  from  1904  to  1908. 

Mrs.  Florence  Lindgren  Davis  has  also  served  as 
pianist.  Miss  Genevieve  Stevens,  Messrs.  Charles  Matteson 
and  Norman  Betts  have  kindly  given  us  their  services  as 
violinists. 

"Adam  Craig  was  precentor  until  September,  1907, 
covering  a  period  of  over  twenty  years.  Mrs.  Margaret 
Richardson  La  Monte  and  August  Rundquist  served  later  as 
precentors.  We  have  also  had  the  effective  services  of 
John  Quinn  (cornet),  Mrs.  Olga  E.  Trumbull  ('cello),  Fred. 
Waterman  (violin),  and  Miss  Gertrude  Haynes  (piano). 

"Among  the  teachers  of  Bible  classes  have  been  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  John  Henry  Barrows,  Col.  James  M.  Emery  (who 
has  been  Superintendent  of  Railroad  Mission  for  fourteen 
years),  Prof.  Albert  McCalla,  Henry  D.  Penfield,  Miss  Mary 
E.  Wells,  Miss  Minnie  Stevens,  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Baker,  Mrs. 
Albert  L.  Berry,  and  Mr.  James  W.  Janney. 

"Among  the  teachers  of  other  classes  have  been,  since 
1892,  Miss  Mary  E.  Wells  (undoubtedly  of  longest  service), 
Mrs.  Robert  M.  Wells,  Mrs.  Mildred  Wells  Carton,  Mrs. 
Martha  Wells  Atkinson,  Mrs.  Nathalie  Wells  Lowe,  Mrs. 
Frances  Wells  Shaw,  Mrs.  Belle  Hughitt  Granger,  Miss 
Alice  M.  Fair,  Miss  Isabel  W.  Dudley,  Miss  Helen  V. 
Drake,  Mrs.  Tracy  C.  Drake,  Mrs.  Walter  Frazer  Brown, 
Mrs.  John  Angus,  Mrs.  Irma  Lucas  Angus,  Mrs.  Jennie 
Fyfe  Roberts,  Mrs.  William  M.  Wilson,  Miss  Jeanette 
Negley,  Mrs.  Margaret  Burton,  Mrs.  William  Hill,  Mrs. 
Nellie  F.  Carpenter,  Mrs.  Flora  Carpenter  Lourie,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Henry  M.  Curtis,  Mrs.  Maude  Griswold  Swender,  and 
Miss  Grace  Griswold,'  Mrs.  Grace  Otis  Sage,  Mrs.  Mary 
Whitehead  Miller,  Mrs.  Madeline  Whitehead  Rockwell,  Miss 
Elizabeth  C.  Ailing,  Mrs.  Van  Wagenen  Ailing,  Miss  Helen 
Boyce,  Mrs.  M.  L.  Brintnall,  Mrs.  Sadie  DeYoung  Brint- 
nall,  Mrs.  Susanne  Faulkner  Reid,  Mrs.  Ruth  Chamberlain 
Keogh,  Mrs.  Alice  Baxter  Jones,  Mrs.  Katherine  Shedd 
Bradley,  Mrs.  William  A.  Magie,  and  Misses  Mildred  and 
Lolita  Magie,  Mrs.  Emily  Faithful  Ames  Bramwell,  Mrs. 
Anita  Wilkens  Vaughan,  Miss  Mildred  Janney,  Miss  Bessie 
Scott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  M.  Scott,  Miss  Grace  Chamber- 
lain, Mrs.  Daniel  A.  Jones,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Zeh,  Miss 
Alice  E.  Fox,  Mrs.  Dwight  W.  Jackson  and  daughters. 
Miss  Helen  W.  McCalla,  Mrs.  Frances  Borden  Purdy,  Mrs. 


THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL.  301 

Opal  McCreary  Rundquist,  Miss  Elsie  Wilhelms,  Miss  Sara 
E.  Burlingame,  Mrs.  Bertha  Moeser  Foote,  Miss  Edith 
Walton,  Miss  Angie  Williams,  Miss  Leila  C.  Brown,  Miss 
Agnes  Thompson,  Mrs.  Virginia  Brooks  Washburne,  Miss 
Irene  Everett  and  Messrs.  H.  H.  Munger,  J.  W.  Ferine, 
Graham  C.  Wells,  J.  Gemmill  Chichester,  John  M.  Biegler, 
and  John  O.  Hamilton. 


302  THE  PRIMARY  DEPARTMENT. 


THE  PRIMARY  DEPARTMENT 

"When  the  First  Church  took  possession  (1849)  of  its 
new  edifice  at  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Clark  streets, 
known  as  the  'Brick  Church,'  the  Primary  Department,  for 
the  first  time,  had  a  room  of  its  own,  and  ever  since  it 
has  been  richly  blessed  with  teachers.  For  nineteen  years, 
thereafter,  Miss  Alice  Barnard,  a  woman  greatly  beloved  in 
the  Church,  was  head  of  this  department.  She  died  in  1908 
after  forty  years  of  work  in  the  public  school  service  of 
this  city.  Miss  Barnard  was  succeeded  in  1871  by  Mrs. 
John  Ailing,  who  brought  to  her  work  a  brilliant  mind  and 
a  loving,  consecrated  heart.  Mrs.  Ailing  was  succeeded  by 
Mrs.  Alexander  P.  Moore,  who  devotedly  conducted  the  de- 
partment from  1881  to  1904.  During  one  year  of  this  period, 
the  lessons  were  taught  by  Mrs.  Samuel  Faulkner,  and 
during  another  year  by  Mrs.  John  C.  Williams.  Mrs. 
Moore  was  assisted,  after  the  spring  months  of  1888,  by 
Mrs.  Charles  A.  Burr,  who,  in  1904,  became  head  of  the 
department.  On  April  13,  1913,  a  gray  enamel  watch  with 
a  platinum  chain  was  given  to  Mrs.  Burr,  in  commemora- 
tion of  her  twenty-five  years  as  teacher  in  the  school. 
A  china  plate  was  given  to  Miss  Jessica  Jenks  in  recogni- 
tion of  her  twenty  years'  faithful  service  in  leading  the 
singing  in  the  Primary  Department.  Miss  Marguerite  Grant 
was  a  teacher  in  this  department,  and  among  the  pianists 
at  various  times,  were  Mrs.  E.  P.  Whitehead,  Mrs.  Mary 
Thompson  Vernon,  and  Mrs.  Alice  Baxter  Jones. 

"In  September,  1902,  when  new  windows  were  placed 
in  the  Church,  seven  donated  by  Mrs.  John  B.  Drake  were 
beautifully  embellished  and  placed  in  the  Primary  Depart- 
ment. At  the  same  time,  she  gave  a  tall  clock  and  other 
attractive  furniture  for  the  Primary  room.  In  1907,  Mrs. 
Drake  installed  a  handsome  mantelpiece  with  imported 
tiles  and  gas  log,  gas  fixtures,  hardwood  floor  border,  wall 
paper,  carpets,  pictures,  and  ornaments,  and  redecorated 
the  halls  leading  to  the  Primary  room.  Mrs.  Drake  and 
her  daughter,  Miss  Helen  V.,  had  previously  given  the  picture 
of  'Christ  in  the  Temple'  for  the  Sunday  School  room,  in 
memory  of  John  Manning  Barrows,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  twelve  years.  And  for  several  years  they  provided  for 
the  Yule-tide  celebrations  of  the  school  a  beautifully  trim- 
med Christmas  tree  lighted  by  electricity.  As  a  slight 
recognition  of  her  liberal  gifts,  Mrs.  Drake  was  made 
Honorary  Superintendent  of  the  Primary  Department  and 


THE  PRIMARY  DEPARTMENT.  303 

was  called  affectionately  and  gratefully  its  'Fairy  God- 
mother.' A  most  affecting  memorial  service  was  held  in 
that  room  on  the  second  Sunday  after  her  death,  which 
occurred  on  October  25,  1911. 

"Miss  Helen  V.  Drake  succeeded  her  mother  as 
Honorary  Superintendent,  and  when  the  Congregation  de- 
cided to  remove  to  Forty-first  street,  she  requested  the  privilege 
of  continuing  the  Primary  Department  with  Mrs.  Burr  as 
teacher,  in  its  artistic  room  at  Twenty-first  street.  The  Trustees 
gladly  granted  this  privilege  and  a  goodly  number  of  little 
ones  gathered  in  their  beautiful  Church-home  during  the 
first  half  of  1913,  after  all  other  services  had  been  dis- 
continued in  the  hallowed  old  structure. 

OFFICERS— 1912. 

Superintendent Colonel  Charles  Ailing 

Associate  Superintendents 

Alfred  Vernon,  Arthur  C.  DePoy,  William  Sumner  Smith 

Secretary Duncan  Mclntyre 

Treasurer Clarence  R.  Manzer 

Librarian Harry  J.  Magee 

PRIMARY  DEPARTMENT. 

Honorary  Superintendent Miss  Helen  V.  Drake 

Superintendent Mrs.  C.  A.  Burr 

Associate  Superintendent Miss  Jessica  Jenks 

OFFICERS— 1913. 

Superintendent Walter  R.  Mee 

Associate  Superintendent L.  M.  Paine 

Secretary , Charles  H.  Spencer,  Jr. 

Treasurer William  Sumner  Smith 

Librarian Harry  J.  Magee 

PRIMARY  DEPARTMENT. 
Superintendent Mrs.  L.  J.  Lamson 

INTERMEDIATE  DEPARTMENT. 
Superintendent Miss  Katherine  Calloway 


304  THE  RAILROAD  MISSION. 


THE  RAILROAD  MISSION 

"The  Railroad  Misson  Sunday-school  was  founded  by 
the  Rev.  Brainerd  Kent,  May  10,  1857,  in  two  passenger 
cars  of  the  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  R.  R.,  stand- 
ing on  the  tracks  near  Van  Buren  street.  The  school  was 
then  called  the  'Railroad  Sunday  School.'  When  it  moved 
out  of  the  cars  into  an  empty  store,  nearby,  it  was  called 
the  'Railroad  Mission.'  Later,  when  the  school  had  a  brick 
building  as  a  home  of  its  own,  it  was  named  'Railroad 
Chapel.' 

"The  first  Chapel  building  stood  on  a  lot  given  by  the 
Railroad  Company,  on  Griswold  street,  south  of  Van  Buren, 
near  the  present  La  Salle  Station,  and  was  dedicated  July 
4,  1858.  This  building  accommodated  about  300  scholars 
and  teachers  and  was  soon  uncomfortably  crowded  at  every 
service.  A  second  building,  erected  on  Griswold  street, 
seating  at  least  1,000  and  costing  $31,000,  was  dedicated 
March  37,  1864,  and  used  until  the  great  fire  (October, 
1871),  when  it,  and  all  of  its  furniture,  was  destroyed.  For 
a  year  and  a  half  after  the  fire,  the  Railroad  Chapel  Con- 
gregation and  Sabbath-school  met  in  the  Jewish  Synagogue 
at  the  corner  of  Wabash  avenue  and  Peck  court. 

"In  the  meantime,  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  had 
purchased  a  lot  on  State  street,  south  of  Fourteenth,  at  a 
cost  of  $34,000,  on  which  the  Society  erected  a  large  brick 
building,  which,  with  its  furniture  and  organ,  cost  $46,000 
additional.  The  Rev.  Donald  Fletcher  was  the  first  Min- 
ister in  this  building,  continuing  in  this  work  for  a  year  or 
more  afterward.  Then  the  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D.,  Min- 
ister of  the  First  Church,  preached  in  the  Chapel  on  Sun- 
day evenings  for  three  years.  On  October  1,  1880,  the 
Rev.  Charles  M.  Morton  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the 
Chapel  and  continued  in  the  work  for  fourteen  years. 

"In  1891,  the  Chapel  was  transferred  to  a  new  location 
at  3835  Dearborn  street.  In  consequence  of  the  changing 
conditions  in  the  vicinity  of  this  building,  the  First  Church, 
on  February  36,  1900,  authorized  the  sale  of  this  property, 
the  purchasers  agreeing  that  the  school  should  have  use  of 
the  main  auditorium  for  its  Sunday  afternoon  services.  The 
school  remained  at  3835  Dearborn  street  until  June,  1907, 
when  another  move  was  made  to  the  old  Peacock  home  at 
619  Thirty-seventh  street.  The  Trustees  had  secured  a 
favorable  lease  of  this  property  and  here  for  seven  years 
the  school   has  found  a  pleasant  and   commodious   home. 


CHARLES  M.   MORTON. 


THE  RAILROAD  MISSION.  305 

The  change  to  Thirty-seventh  street  was  made  at  the  sug- 
gestion of  Dr.  Morison.  On  June  2,  1907,  at  2:45  P.  M., 
the  Railroad  Mission  Sunday-school,  with  the  allied  clubs 
and  societies,  made  their  exodus  from  the  old  building, 
3825  Dearborn  street,  to  the  new  home  on  Thirty-seventh 
street. 

"The  Superintendents  of  the  Mission,  from  its  organi- 
zation in  1857,  have  been:  S.  P.  Farrington,  George  W.  Per- 
kins, J.  K.  Stearns,  C.  M.  Henderson,  N.  D.  Pratt,  Charles  S. 
Lee,  James  M.  Storie,  and  Colonel  James  M.  Emery  (since  De- 
cember 25,  1898)." 

I  was  organist  (1869)  at  the  Chapel  on  Griswold  street 
when  Mr.  Perkins  was  Superintendent,  and  later  (1870) 
with  Mr.  J.  K.  Stearns.  After  the  completion  of  the  build- 
ing on  State  at  Fourteenth  street,  I  played  at  the  evening 
services  from  1875  until  the  change  was  made  to  3825  Dear- 
born street,  when,  in  1896,  my  work  ended.  Every  Sunday 
night,  summer  and  winter,  when  in  the  city,  either  Mr. 
Charles  D.  Irwin  or  myself,  was  in  attendance  at  the  Chapel. 
I  am  indebted  to  Colonel  Emery  and  Mr.  Josiah  W.  Perine 
for  the  facts  collected  by  them  for  the  paper  entitled  "A 
Brief  History  of  Railroad  Mission,"  read  May  10,  1907,  at 
the  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  School. 

OFFICERS— 1913. 

Minister The  Rev.  Glenn  L.  Rice 

Superintendent Colonel  James  M.  Emery 

Assistant  Superintendents — The  Rev.  Albert  McCalla,  Lloyd 
E.  Smullen,  Jens  Smith  and  J.  A.  Rundquist. 

Secretary William  R.  Glen 

Treasurer J.  F.  Kappelman 

Pianist Margaret  M.  Rundquist 

Chorister Amos  W.  Cole 

Librarian Carrie  Loyce 


306  POSTLUDE. 

POSTLUDE 

The  history  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chi- 
cago, as  given  in  these  pages,  treats  chiefly  of  the  growth 
of  the  Society  and  of  matters  of  immediate  interest  pertaining 
to  the  "Pulpit  and  Choir,"  the  Sunday  School  and  Railroad 
Mission,  without  touching  on  other  departments,  such  as 
the  various  missionary  and  benevolent  organizations  sus- 
tained by  the  Church — a  field  which  has  been  of  great  im- 
port in  its  life,  but  for  which  exhaustive  resources  are  not 
at  hand.  A  complete  list  of  officers  and  members  from  Fort 
Dearborn  days  to  the  present  time  would  be  a  valuable  ad- 
dition to  this  work ;  lack  of  space,  only,  prevents  me  from 
giving  such  a  list. 

Aside  from  giving  some  information  regarding  persons 
and  events  comparatively  little  known,  I  have  confined  my- 
self to  an  outline  of  the  progress  in  the  musical  part  of  Divine 
worship,  since  the  time  when  our  fathers  and  mothers  sang 
in  the  Choir. 

If,  in  presenting  the  growth  of  this  venerable  Society, 
"The  Church  on  the  Frontier,"  "whose  life  and  influence," 
as  Dr.  Barrows  says,  "has  run  parallel  with  the  strenuous 
and  widely  expanding  life  of  a  city  which  has  in  a  genera- 
tion and  a  half  become  one  of  the  chief  commercial  centers 
of  the  world,"  I  have  added  any  facts  which  will  be  held 
dear  by  the  present  generation,  and  which  would  otherwise 
have  faded  into  oblivion,  I  shall  feel  that  my  task  has  not 
been  entirely  in  vain. 


COLOXEI.  JAMES  M    EMERY 


RAILROAD   MISSION. 
No.  309  West  Thirty-Seventh  Street. 


ADDENDA 

The  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago  was  (!Jrgan- 
ized  under  the  general  law  of  1835,  on  the  first  day  of  June, 
1842,  by  the  following  named  persons,  all  of  whom  were  re- 
ceived by  letter  from  the  First  Presbyterian  Church: 


Brown,  Wiluam  H. 
Brown,  Mrs.  Harriet  C. 
Carter,  Thomas  B. 
Carter,  Mrs.  Catherine  R. 
DoivE,  George  W. 
FuLLERTON,  Mrs.  A.  N. 
Gage,  Mrs.  Sarah. 
High,  John. 
High,  Mrs.  Elizabeth. 
Hooker,  John  W. 
Hooker,  Mrs.  John  W. 
Johnson,  Seth. 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Seth. 


Merrill,  George. 
Mosely,  Flavel. 
Raymond,  Benjamin  W. 
Raymond,  Mrs.  Amelia. 

STARKWE.A.THER,  ChARLES  R, 

Starkweather,  Mrs.  M.  E. 
WiLLARD,  Sylvester. 
Williams,  John  C. 
Williams,  Mrs.  John  C. 
Webster,  Mrs.  Ann  E. 
Wright,  Miss  Frances  S. 
Wright,  John  S. 
Wright,  Mrs.  John  S. 


("History  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,"  Chicago, 

1892.) 


The  Rev.  Herrick  Johnson,  D.  D.,  was  born  September  22,  1832, 
in  Kaughnevvaga,  N.  Y.;  came  to  Chicago  in  1880  as  Minister  of  the 
Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  at  the  same  time  teaching  at  the  McCor- 
mick  Theological  Seminary.  In  1883  he  gave  up  his  pastorate  to 
accept  a  full  professorship  in  the  Seminary,  which  he  held  until  1905, 
when  he  retired  from  all  active  work.  Dr.  Johnson  died  November 
20,  1913,  at  his  home  in  Philadelphia. 


307 


308  ADDENDA 

OFFICERS 

1856 
Minister— The  Rev.  Harvey  Curtis,  D.  D. 
session- 
James  HOLLINGSWORTH.  OrRIN  KENDALL. 

Franklin  V.  Chamberlain.  C.  B.  Nelson. 

Edwin  S.  Wells.  Henry  E.  Seelye. 

superintendent  of  SUNDAY-SCHOOL 

A.  G.  Downs. 

TRUSTEES 

C.  N.  Henderson.  C.  B.  Nelson. 

A.  G.  Downs.  Amzi  Benedict. 

S.  P.  Farrington. 

1860 
Minister— The  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D. 

SESSION 

Franklin  V.  Chamberlain.  Henry  E.  Seelye. 

Orrin  Kendall.  J-  W.  Smith. 

C.  B.  Nelson.  Edwin  S.  Wells. 

trustees 
Amzi  Benedict.  George  H.  Hazelton. 

H.  C.  Durand.  C.  B.  Nelson. 

Solomon  A.  Smith. 

1867 
Minister— The  Rev.  Z.  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D. 
session 
Claudius  B.  Nelson.  Henry  E.  Seelye. 

Orrin  Kendall.  S.  P.  Farrington. 

J.  W.  Smith.  E.  S.  Skinner. 

E.  S.  Wells,  Clerk  of  Session. 

trustees 
W.  T.  Allen.  George  P.  Whitman. 

George  H.  Laflin.  George  W.  Ordway. 

J.  H.  Walker. 


The  names  of  the  officers  on  pages  308  and  309  are  taken  from 
old  manuals  of  the  Church  in  my  possession.  I  regret  there  is  not 
space  for  making  a  complete  list  of  all  the  men  who  have  faithfully 
served  the  Church  from  its  foundation  in  1833. 


ADDENDA 


309 


OFFICERS 

1872 
Minister— The  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D. 


Henry  E.  Seelye. 
Thomas  Lord. 
J.  W.  Smith. 
James  Otis. 


session 

Henry  Wood. 
H.  D.  Penfield. 
O.  D.  Ranney, 
George  F.  Bissell. 
H.  G.  Miller. 


deacons 
Henry  C.  Durand.  Henry  W.  Dudley. 

David  W.  Irwin. 

trustees 
George  K.  Clark,  President. 


Henry  M.  Curtis. 
David  W.  Irwin, 


J.  P.  Brooks. 
Frank  C.  Wells. 


1873 
Minister— The  Rev.  Arthur  Mitchell,  D.  D. 


session 


J.  W.  Smith. 

Dr.  R.  C.  Hamill. 

James  Otis. 

Samuel  P.  Farrington. 

Thomas  Lord. 


Henry  C.  Durand. 
Henry  W.  Dudley. 
David  W.  Irwin. 


Henry  C.  Durand. 
Dr.  Henry  Hitchcock. 


DEACONS 


James  Hollingsv/orth. 
O.  D.  Ranney. 
George  F.  Bissell. 
Henry  Wood. 
H.  D.  Penfield. 

Samuel  Faulkner. 
M.  B.  EwiNG. 
O.  P.  Curran. 


trustees 


J.  P.  Brooks. 
Addison  Ballard 


David  W.  Irwin. 


GENERAL    INDEX 


Adams,  Rev.  J.  W.,  D.  D.,  25. 

Adams,  Deacon  Philo,  19,  84. 

Allen,  W.  T.,  41. 

Allen,  Rev.  Dr.  (Freedman's  Board), 
78. 

Ailing,    Col.    Charles,    Jr.,    166,    195, 
256,  285,  294,  297,  298. 

Ailing,  John,  45,  75. 

Ames,  James  C,  286. 

Anderson,  Rev.  Edward,  14;  accepts 
call  to  Calvary  Church,  48;  98. 

Apollo  Musical  Club,  65,  69,  205,  223, 
224,  227,  255,  256. 

Aries,  France,  148. 

Atkinson,  Mrs.  Charles  T.,  144,  166, 
182,  296,  299,  300. 

Atterbury,  Rev.  J.  G.,  39. 

Aull,  Rev.  Wilson,  182. 

Bacon,  Rev.  L.  W.,  D.  D.,  92. 

Bacon,  George  F.,  45,  53;  death,  61. 

Bacon,  H.  M.,  61,  166. 

Backus,  Rev.  J.  T.,  249. 

Baker,  Miss  Elizabeth,  158. 

Baker,  Samuel,  132,  267. 

Baker,  W.  M.,  45,  196. 

Ballard,  Addison,  19;  funeral,  141; 
249,  250. 

Barber,  Jabez,  30,  31. 

Barker,  Joseph  N.,  55. 

Barnes,  Rev.  Chfford  W.,  127,  262. 

Barrows,  Rev.  John  H.,  D.  D.,  13, 
14;  call  extended  from  First 
Church  and  first  service,  71;  in- 
stallation, 72;  reception  to  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Barrows,  81;  resignation,  99; 
farewell  tribute  to,  100;  farewell 
reception  and  last  service,  100; 
105,  106,  120;  death  and  memorial 
service,  124;  hfe,  253;  funeral  at 
OberHn,  Ohio,  258,  259;  282,  284, 
291,  300. 

Barrows,  Rev.  J.  M.  and  Mrs.  Bar- 
rows, 253. 

Barrows,  John  Manning,  death,  92; 
302. 

Barrows,  Miss  Mary  E.,  124,  253. 
Barrows,    Rev.    Walter    M.,    D.    D., 

death,  77. 
Bartlett,  A.  C,  75. 
Bartlett,  F.  C,  126. 
Bartlett,  Rev.  W.  A.,  D.  D.,  79. 
Bascom,  Rev.  Flavel  D.   D.,  27;  in- 
stallation, 28;  resignation,  32,  68, 
210;  Hfe,  237. 
Bascom,  Mrs.,  239. 
Berry,  A.  L.,  189,  285. 


Beaubien,  Mark,  22,  28,  294. 
Beecher,  Rev.  H.  W.,  76,  254. 
Benedict,  Amzi,  31,  36,  295. 
Beggs,  Rev.  S.  R.,  22. 

Biarritz,  France,  148. 
Bissell,  Geo.  F.,  55,  75;  funeral,  97; 
279,  296,  297. 

Blackhawk,  19. 

Black,  Rev.  Hugh,  156. 

Blackburn,  Rev.  W.  M.,  D.  D.,  67. 

Blatchford,  E.  W.,  14,  149,  232,  236. 

Blatchford,  Rev.  John,  D.  D.,  14, 
15,  27;  installation  and  resigna- 
tion, 28;  memorial  tablet,  149;  Hfe, 
232. 

Blatchford,  Paul,  149. 

Bogner,  W.  F.  (sexton),  277. 

Bolles,  Peter,  26. 

Borden,  Hamilton,  260. 

Booth,  E.  M.  (Calvary  Church 
Choir),  58. 

Bostwick,  Chas.  O.,  14. 

Bostford,  Henry,  funeral,  107. 

Bowen,  Frank  A.  (Calvary  Church 
Choir),  59. 

Boyce,  S.  Leonard,  143,  196,  200, 
270,  285,  289. 

Boyer,  Rev.  C.  E.,  188. 

Boyington,  W.  W.,  36. 

Breed,  Rev.  Dr.,  79. 

Bradley,  Addison  B.  (wedding),  196. 

Brick  Presbyterian  Church,  New 
York  City,  197. 

Bristol,  Rev.  Frank,  76,  100. 

Bristol,  R.  C,  30,  31. 

Brooks,  Rev.  Jesse  W.,  180. 

Brooks,  J.  P.,  41. 

Brown,  J.  H.,  37. 

Brown,  John  H.  (Elder),  funeral, 
143. 

Brown,  Rufus,  boarding  house,  28. 

Brown,  Wm.  H.,  26. 

Brown,  John  (Ossawatomie),  244. 

Brown,  Miss  Leila  C,  286,  301. 

Buckingham,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  W., 
120,  123. 

Buckingham,  Mrs.  Florence  O.,  fu- 
neral, 187. 

Burchard,  Rev.  Dr.,  39. 

Burnham,  Rev.,  70. 

Burtis,  Sergt.  Richard,  209. 

Burr,  Mrs.  Charles,  286,  302,  303. 

Bushnell,  Rev.  John  E.,  135. 

Butterfield,  J.  A.,  61. 

Butler,  Prof.  Nathaniel,  130,  163, 
180. 


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INDEX 


Buckingham,  Otis,  120. 

Cain,  Rev.  Louis  P.,  D.  D.,  172. 

Calvary  Presbyterian  Church,  7;  or- 
ganization, 43;  early  members,  44, 
45,  46;  choir,  57,  58,  59;  first 
Board  of  Trustees,  46;  first  edi- 
fice, 47;  edifice  at  Twenty-second 
Street,  49;  edifice  at  Twenty-first 
Street,  52,  53;  consolidation  with 
First  Church,  55,  56,  60,   196. 

Calumet  Club,  233. 

Calvin  Quarto  Centenary,  171. 

Carpenter,  Philo,  22,  28,  294. 

Carrier,  Rev.  A.  S.,  134,  135. 

Carson,  Rev.  F.  M.,  130. 

Central  Music  Hall  Services  com- 
menced; committee  of  mainte- 
nance, 75. 

Chambers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  B.,  44. 

Chamberlain,  FrankUn  V.,  40;  fu- 
neral, 114;  295. 

Chappel,  Miss  EUza,  marriage  to  Dr. 
Porter,  23. 

Cheney,  Rt.  Rev.  C.  E.,  D.  D.,  76, 
100,  177. 

Chicago,  incorporated,  229. 

Chicago  Orphan  Asylum,  43,  44,  133, 
155 

Chichester,  Rev.  W.  J.,  D.  D.,  13; 
call  extended,  first  service,  in- 
stallation. 105;  death  and  memo- 
rial service,  127;  Hfe,  260;  283,  291. 

Chilson,  Miss  Lulu,  158. 

Christ  Reformed  Episcopal  Church, 
60,  85,  94,  177. 

Clark,  Wallace  G.,  187. 

Clark,  Rev.  W.  \V.,  14. 

Cochrane,  J.  C,  architect  of  Calvary 
Church,  53,  249. 

Cook,  Rev.  Joseph,  D.  D.,  67,  92. 

Corwith,  Henry,  75. 

Cordova,  Spain,  148. 

Corwith,  Nathan,  75;  funeral,  86, 
182. 

Counselman,  Chas.,  132,  296.  ■ 

Covert,  Rev.  W.  C,  D.  D.,  167,  181, 
202,  285,  289;  hfe,  291. 

Cowles,  Alfred,  75. 

Craig,  Rev.  W.  G.,  D.  D.,  106,  128. 

Craig,  Adam,  87,  167;  death,  187; 
297,  300. 

Curtis,  Rev.  E.  H.,  D.  D.,  70,  116, 
167. 

Curtis,  Rev.  Harvey,  D.  D.,  15,  22; 
installation,  33;  resignation,  37; 
Hfe,  240;  245. 

Curtis,  H.  M.,  39,  166,  242,  286,  296, 
297 . 


Curtis,  Mrs.  H.  M.,  189. 
Curtiss,  Rev.  Samuel  I.,  103, 
Cuvler,  Rev.  Theo.  L.,  D.  D.,  38,  39, 

91,  142. 
Dana,  Rev.  Dr.,  81. 
Darrow,    George    \V.,    funeral,    105 

296. 
Darrow,    Mrs.    George    W.,    funeral, 

105. 
Dearborn,  Gen.  H.,  18. 
Devine,  Rev.  S.  L.,  156. 
Deming,  Mrs.  H.  H.,  46,  131. 
Dickey,  Rev.  Dr.,  156. 
Dickinson,  Rev.  W.  C,  51. 
Dickinson,  Clarence,  51,  197. 
Derby,  W.  M.,  285,  286. 
Douglas,  Stephen  A.,  163. 
Downs,   A.   G.,  31,   36;  funeral,   68, 

295. 
Downs,  Mrs.  A.  G.,  funeral,  81. 
Drake,  John  B.,  09,  75;  funeral,  99; 

188 
Drake,   Mrs.  John   B.,   funeral,    188; 

302. 
Drake,  Miss  Helen  V.,  188,  200,  286, 

300,  302,  303. 
Drake,  Tracy  C,  lectures,  110,  161; 

188,  297. 
Dudley,    Henry    \V.,    133,   200,    230, 

260,  285,  296,  297. 
Durand,  Charles  E.,  45. 
Durand,  Calvin,  45. 
Durand,  H.  C,  45. 
Dvson,  John  R.  (sexton),  death  98. 
Ebell,  Prof.,  57. 
Eddy,  Mrs.  Sarah  H.,  96. 
Eddy,  Mrs.  A.  X.,  168. 
Eells,  Rev.  James,  D.  D.,  67,  249. 
Elgin  Band,  86. 

Emery,  Col.  J.  M.,  195,  300,  305. 
Fergus,  George  H.,  14. 
Farrington,  S.  P.,  31,  36,  40,  305. 
Field,  Rev.  A.  D.,  24. 
Field,  Marshall,  69,  75;  funeral,  144; 

145,  253. 
First   Baptist  Church,   organization, 

23;  27,  60,  66,  76. 
Fisher,  Mrs.  Flora,  99 . 
Fisk,   Prof.   F.    \V.,  70,  71,  80,   104; 

funeral,  121. 
First  Regiment,  I.  N.  G.,  86,  165,  166. 
First  M.  E.  Church,  organization,  22. 
Fiske,  Rev.  Samuel  A.,  130. 
Fletcher,    Rev.    Donald,   first   Minis- 
ter R.  R.  Mission,  304. 
Florence,  Italy,  service  in  Church  of 

Annunziata,  134. 
Fort  Brady,  20. 


INDEX 


313 


Fort  Dearborn,  17,  18,  20,  22,  229. 
Fort   Dearborn  Guild,   organization, 

138;  143,  144,  147,  158,  166,  177. 
Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  36,  134, 

172. 
Fowle,  Major  John,  20,  229. 
Freeman,  Rev.  A.  B.,  25,  27. 
Frost,  Charles  S.,  290,  297. 
Freeman,  Rev.  John  N.,  D.  D.,  172, 

180;  Minister  in  Charge,  181;  last 

service,  202;  271;  Ufe,  272;  291. 
Free,  Mrs.  WiUiam  C,  184. 
Freer,  L.  C.  P.,  funeral,  89;  116. 
Freer,  Mrs.  L.  C.  P.,  116,  210,  295. 
Frothingham,    Rev.    James,    D.    D., 

167,  180. 
Ganfield,  Prof.  W.  A.,  173,  180. 
Gibson,  Rev.  J.  M.,  D.  D.,  265. 
Gleason,  Frederic  G.,  71,  217. 
Grace  Episcopal  Church,  53,  54. 
Grant,  William  C,  funeral,  83,  297. 
Graves,  Major  E.  P.,  43. 
Graves,  Rev.  F.  W.,  43,  46. 
Graves,  Col.  Rufus,  46. 
Greenebaum,  Henry,  223. 
Grey,  Mrs.  W.  L.,  148. 
Gunsaulus,  Rev.  F.  W.,  95,  127,  181. 
Hale,  Rev.  Albert,  28. 
Hale,  Rev.  E.  E.,  77. 
Hall,  Rev.  Thomas  C,  D.  D.,  86,  279. 
Hall,  Rev.  John,  D.  D.,  249,  279. 
Halsey,  Rev.  A.  W.,  146. 
Hamill,  Charles  D.,  75,  81;  funeral, 

137;  223. 
Hamill,  Mrs.  Charles  D.,  funeral,  170; 

223. 
Hamill,  Ernest  A.,  81,  132,  260,  267, 

282,  285. 
Hamill,  Dr.  R.  C,  38,  56;  funeral,  81. 
Hamill,  T.  W.,  81. 
Hanson,  Mrs.  Burton,  158. 
Hardin,  Rev.  M.  D.,  D.  D.,  167,  178. 
Harper,  Rev.  W.  R.,  D.  D.,  95. 
Hartley,  Rev.  R.  N.,  D.  D.,  113,  128. 
Harsha,  Dr.  W.  M.,  285. 
Haskell,  Frederick  T.,  297. 
Haskell,  Mrs.  C.  E.,  257. 
Hawes,   Rev.   Joel,    D.    D.,   25,   217, 

233. 
Hazelton,  G.  H.,  39. 
Heath,  Charles  A.,  285,  289. 
Henderson,   C.    M.,   31,   75;   funeral, 

100;  305. 
Henderson,  C.  N.,  31,  36. 
Henson,  Rev.  P.  S.,  D.  D.,  76. 
Herrick,  Rev.  S.  E.,  D.  D.,  255. 
Hill,    Rev.    E.    P.,    D.   D.,    157,    172, 

175,  199. 


Hine,  Mrs.  L.  A.,  131. 

Hinton,  Rev.  J.  T.,  26,  27. 

Hoard,  Mrs.  Margarette  C,  14,  295. 

Hollingsworth,  James,  45,  295. 

Horton,  Rev.  J.  F.,  D.  D.,  173. 

Howe,  Samuel,  31. 

Hudson,  Miss  Alice  B.  (Mrs.  W.  C. 
Covert),  292. 

Hughitt,  Marvin,  75,  297. 

Humphrey,  Rev.  Edward,  25. 

Humphrey,  H.  M.,  75. 

Humphrey,  Rev.  Heman,  D.  D.,  me- 
morial tablet  at  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
243. 

Humphrey,  Rev.  Z.  M.,  D.  D.,  13; 
installation  and  resignation,  40, 
69,  71;  funeral,  72;  memorial  win- 
dow, 92;  160,  241;  life,  243;  249. 

Humphrey,  Mrs.  Harriette  L-,  fu- 
neral, 182;  244. 

Hunter,  Rev.  Pleasant,  D.  D.,  117. 

Hurlbut,  Henry  H.,  21 

Hhnois  Hotel  Co.,  24. 

Immanuel  Baptist  Church,  60,  85,  94, 
151,  164. 

Ingraham,  G.  S.,  55. 

Irwin,  D.  W.,  75;  funeral  93. 

Irwin,  Rev.  W.  Francis,  133. 

Janney,  J.  W.,  285,  286,  300. 

Jamison,  Louis  T.,  20. 

Jenkins,  Ebenezer,  43,  44. 

Jenkins,  Mrs.  John  E.,  123,  180,  188. 

Jenkins,  Thomas  R.,  296. 

Jenkins,  Rev.  H.  D.,  D.  D.,  44. 

Jenks,  John  G.,  163. 

Jenks,  Mrs.  W.  B.,  funeral,  163. 

Jennings,  Rev.  W.  B.,  D.  D.,  105. 

Tessup,  Rev.  Dr.,  94. 

Johnson,  Rev.  S.  M.,  94,  298. 

Johnson,  Rev.  Herrick,  D.  D.,  79, 
81,  88,  90,  94,  128,  249,  261,  307. 

Jones,  Daniel  A.,  45;  funeral,  80. 

Jones,  Mrs.  Daniel  A.,  45;  funeral, 
138,  139;  284,  297,  300. 

Jones,  Fernando,  101,  150. 

Kelley,  A.  P.,  death,  91;  memorial 
tablet,  113. 

Kelley,  Mrs.  A.  P.,  death,  117. 

Kelley,  WiUiam  E.,  funeral,  178. 

Kelley,  Mrs.  W.  E.,  lecture,  144. 

Kent,  Rev.  Brainerd,  304. 

Kimball,  Edward  ("debt  raiser"), 
255 

Kimball,  Prof.  A.  S.,  259. 

Kirk,  Rev.  E.  N.,  25. 

Kittredge,  Rev.  A.  E.,  D.  D.,  72,  76. 

Knox  College,  37,  239,  240,  256. 

Knox,  John,  celebration  (1905),  141. 


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Kumler,  Rev.  J.  P.  E.,  74. 

Koehring,  Hugo  (sexton),  276. 

Laflin,  Matthew,  funeral,  104. 

Laflin,  George  H.,  death,  135. 

Laflin,  Mrs.  George  H.,  funeral,  122. 

Lake  Mohonk,  142. 

Lansing,  Rev.  Derrick,  D.  D.,  25. 

La  Salle,  Sieur  de,  18. 

Laverty,  Rev.  L.  F.,  108. 

Lee,  Rev.  E.  Trumbull,  D.  D.,  117. 

Leiter,  Levi  Z.,  295. 

Lind,  Sylvester,  30,  31. 

Lippincott,  Rev.  C.  A.,  106,  116. 

London,  England,  130. 

Lord,  Rev.  Daniel,  D.  D.,  13;  accepts 

call  to  Calvary  Church,  51;  death, 

52;  55,  56,  232. 
Lorimer,  Rev.  George  C,  D.  D.,  73. 
Ludlani,  Dr.  Reuben  and  Mrs.,  38. 

Mackinac,  20,  228. 

Main    Street    Presbyterian    Church, 

Peoria,  25. 
Magoun,  Rev.  G.  F.,  32,  33. 
Maher,  Hugh,  31. 
Manson,  Rev.  A.  C,  163. 
Marquette,  "Father,"  IS. 
Marquis,  Rev.  D.  C,  D.   D.,  79,  90, 

113. 
Marsh,  Sylvester.  30,  31. 
Marshall,  Rev.  A.  B.,  163,  189. 
Marshall,  Rev.  Thomas,  D.  D.,  127. 
Mason,    E.   G.    ("Chicago  and    Early 

lUinois"),  22,  294. 
Mather,  J.  M..  38. 
May,  Frank  E.,  funeral,  181. 
McAfee,  Rev.  C.  B.,  D.  D.,  134,  279 
McCalla,    Rev.    All^ert,    Ph.  D.,    156 

245,  298,  299,  300. 
McCaughan,  Rev.  W.  J.,  begins  min 

istry    (Third    Church),    109;    134 

resignation,  156;  265. 
McClure,  Rev.  J.  G.  K.,  D.  D.,  100 

127,  135,  148,  152,  157,   172,   182 

183,  261. 
McClure,  Rev.  J.  G.  K.,  Jr.,  168. 
McCoy,  Rev.  Ira,  23. 
McLean,  Rev.  W.,  26. 
McLennan,  Rev.  W.  G.,  D.  D.,  115. 
McPherson,    Rev.    S.   J.,    D.    D.,    be- 
gins ministry  (Second  Church),  74; 

75,    78,    83,    86,    103;    resignation, 

113;  261. 
McWilliams,  Rev.  D.  A.,  105,  106. 
Meeker,   Joseph,   built   first   meeting 

house,  23;  one  of  the  founders  of 

Calvary     Church,     43;     librarian, 

Sunday-school,  294. 


Memorial    service    for  former  Minis- 
ters,  135,  136. 
Merrill,  Rev.  \V.  P.,  D.  D.,  167,  197, 
204. 

Milburn,  Rev.  J.  A.,  164. 

Mitchell,  Rev.  Arthur,  D.  D.,  13,  20, 
24,  27;  accepts  call  to  First  Church 
and  installation  40;  accepts  call  to 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  last  service, 
69;  88;  death,  91;  memorial  win- 
dow, 96;  life,  247;  304. 

Mitchell,  Miss  Julia  P.,  251. 

Miter,  Rev.  J.  J.,  26,  27. 

Mole,  Miss  Sarah  E.  (Mrs.  John  H. 
Barrows),  254. 

Momery,  Rev.  Dr.,  92. 

Montgomery,  Rev.  H.,  71. 

Moody,  D.  L.,  81. 

Moore,  Hon.  S.  M.,  ijij. 

Morison,  Rev.  John  A.,  D.  D.,  call 
extended,  132;  acceptance,  132; 
first  service,  133;  installation,  134; 
Diamond  Jubilee,  164,  166;  resig- 
nation and  last  service,  179;  196, 
202;  life,  265;  274,  284. 

Morrill.  F.  F.,  84. 

Morris,  Seymour,  193. 

Morton,  Rev.  C.  M.,  78,  90,  91,  93; 
last  service  at  Railroad  Chapel, 
94;     103,  156,  167,  304. 

Munger,  H.  H.,  200,  203,  285,  301. 

Murison,  Alexander,  66,  189. 

Murison,  Mrs.  Alexander,  funeral, 
189. 

Murison,  George  W.,   189,  297,  299. 

Myrick,  W.  F.,  45.  101.  102. 

Myrick.  Mrs.  \V.  F.,  45;  funeral,  101. 

Nashville  Colored  Singers,  77. 

Neeley,  Miss  C.  B.,  158. 

Nelson,  C.  B.,  30,  31,  36,  75;  funeral, 
79;  216,  295. 

Newcomb,  Rev.  E.  B.,  121,  157. 

Nichol,  Miss  Clara  J.  (Mrs.  John  A. 
Morison),  266. 

Noble,  Rev.  Dr..  127,  262. 

Nollen,  Rev.  John  S.,  Ph.  D.,  175. 

Norton,  C.  A.,  39. 

Norton,  Hon.  J.  O.,  55,  56. 

Notman.  Rev.  W.  R.,  D.  D.,  134, 
168,  274. 

Noyes,  Rev.  George  C,  D.  D.,  65. 

OHvet  Presbyterian  Church,  43,  54. 

Ostrander,  Rev.  L.  A.,  94. 

Otis,  Charles  T.,  46,  131,  200,  298. 

Otis,  Frederick  R.,  46;  funeral,  131. 

Otis,  Mrs.  Frederick  R.,  46.  131;  fu- 
neral and   memorial  service,   154, 


INDEX 


315 


Otis,  James,  43,  44,  55,  56;  funeral, 

97;  249,  250,  255,  297. 
Otis,  James  (son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R. 

C.  Otis),  120. 
Otis,  Joseph  E.,  funeral,  123;  188. 
Otis,  Mrs.   Joseph    E.,    123;   funeral, 

180;  188,  297,  299. 
Otis,  Joseph  E.,  Jr.,  123,  188. 
Otis,  Lucius  B.,  133. 
Otis,  Lucius  J.,  131,  284. 
Otis,  Miss  M.  E.,  131,  200,  286. 
Otis,  Ralph  C,  123,  188. 
Otis,  Miss  Pauline  L.,  funeral,  103. 
Otis,  Philo  A.,  46,  98,  132,  147,  175, 

267, 280,  285. 
Otis,  Mrs.  Philo  A.,  177. 
Otis,  Dr.  Walter  J.,  98. 
Odell,  Rev.,  135. 
Packard,  Edward  A.,  114. 
Page,  Rev.  W.  N.,  D.  D.,  113,  117. 
Palmer,  Rev.  S.  C,  D.  D.,  108. 
Patterson,   Rev.   R.    W.,   D.    D.,   34, 

35,  40,  69,  76;  death,  94;  223,  245. 
Patterson,  Rev.  Alexander,  130. 
Patterson,    Rev.    James    A.,    D.    D., 

174. 
Patton,    Rev.    Francis    L.,     D.     D., 

(Swing  trial),  64;  68. 
Pearsons,  Dr.  D.  K.,  75;  death,  194; 

253. 
Pearsons,  Hiram,  26. 
Peck,  P.  F.  W.,  store,  29;  purchase 

of  "Brick  Church,"  30,  31. 
Penfield,  Henry  D.,  296. 
Ferine,  Josiah  W.,  301,  304,  305. 
Perkins,  George  W.,  38,  305. 
Pierson,  S.  H.,  38,  39. 
Pierce,  Rev.  E.  A.  (Calvary  Church), 

installation,  50;  death,  50;  246. 
Plymouth     Congregational     Church, 

organization,    35;   54,    76,    85,    94, 

95,  115,  150,  164. 
Platner,  Rev.  John  W.,  D.  D.,  197. 
Porter,    Rev.    Jeremiah,    D.    D.,    16; 

arrival  at  Fort  Dearborn,  20;  first 

service,  20;  marriage,  23;  25,  202; 

life,  228,  233,  294. 
Porter,  Miss  Sarah,  244. 
Porter,  Noah,  244. 
Post,   Miss  Harriett  E.,   marriage  to 

Dr.  Mitchell,  247. 
Price,  Rev.  P.  B.,  247. 
Pratt,  N.  D.,  166,  305. 
Presbyterian  Hospital,  147,  188,  264, 

269,  292. 
Presbyterian  Social  Union,  banquet, 

175. 


Railroad  Mission,  40,  69,  71,  81,  85, 
88,  91,  100,  141;  Fiftieth  Anni- 
versary, 156;  166,  173,  282;  his- 
tory, 304,  306. 

Ranney,  O.  D.,  56;  death,  94. 

Ray,  Rev.  C.  E.,  D.  D.,  79,  88,  93, 
101,  102,  106. 

Raymond,  B.  W.,  28,  234. 

Reception  Committee  (1908),  Mr. 
Earle  C.  Greenman,  Chairman, 
160. 

Reynolds,  Rev.  C.  G.,  173. 

Risser,  Miss  Elizabeth,  177. 

Robinson,  Rev.  George  L.,  Ph.  D., 
135. 

Robbins,  E.  V.,  41. 

Robbins,  Mrs.  E.  V.,  60. 

Rosati,  Bishop  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  21. 

Russell,  Rev.  James,  141,  142. 

Ryder,  Rev.  W.  H.,  D.  D.  (Ryder 
Fund),  268. 

Saltonstall,  Mrs.  Wm.,  14. 

Sage,  Mrs.  W.  G.,  131,  143,  184,  300. 

Sanger,  Miss  Sarah  E.,  58. 

Sawyer,  Prof.  A.  J.,  46. 

Scott,  General,  19. 

Scovel,  Rev.  Sylvester,  D.  D.,  108. 

Scudder,  Rev.  H.  M.,  D.  D.,  76. 

Second  Presbyterian  Church,  or- 
ganization, 35;  66;  Twenty-fifth 
Anniversary,  40;  Fiftieth  Anni- 
versary, 90;  115;  fire,  116;  117, 
135,  166,  172. 

Seelye,  Henry  E.,  14,  38,  50,  294, 
295. 

Seymour,  Prof.  Thomas  D.,  84,  212, 
214. 

Shaw,  Rev.  John  B.,  D.  D.,  begins 
ministry  (Second  Presbyterian 
Church),  135;  167,  180,  196. 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Howard  V.,  182. 

Shedd,  Miss  Catherine  D.,  196. 

Sherwood,  H.M.,  75;  funeral, 125;  194. 

Shufeldt,  Mrs.  Mary  K.,  113. 

Simpson,  Rev.  Dr.,  67. 

Smith,  Byron  L.,  69,  75,  285. 

Smith,  Dr. CharlesG.,  funeral, 93;101. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Charles  G.,  funeral,  101. 

Smith,  Joseph  W.,  38;  death,  39;  41, 
295. 

Smith,  Rev.  S.  S.,  38. 

Smith,  Solomon  A,,  funeral,  68. 

Smith,  William  S.,  200,  289,  299. 

Spencer,  F.  F.,  75,  168. 

Spencer  memorial  window,  90. 

Starbuck,  Mrs.  Sidney,  286. 

Starkweather,  Mrs.  C.  H.,  46;  funeral, 
82,  83. 


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Starkweather,  Otis,  funeral,  83. 
Stearns,  J.  K.,  funeral,  132;  305. 
Stevenson,  Prof.  J.  Ross,  102. 
Stirling,  W.  R.,  167;  lecture,  192. 

St.  James'  Episcopal  Church,  66,  215; 
organization,  229. 

St.  Mary's  Chapel,  erection,  21. 

St.  Cyr,  Father  St.  Jean,  First  Mass, 
21. 

Stone,  Rev.  John  T.,  D.  D.,  instal- 
lation (Fourth  Church),  172;  274. 

Strong,  Rev.  Josiah,  D.  D.,  111,214 

Swazey,  Rev.  Arthur,  D.  D.,  279. 

Swett,  Leonard,  40,. 

Swift,  W.  H.,  75,  126;  resignation 
as  Trustee,  143;  262,  282,  297. 

Swing,  Rev.  David,  trial,  63,  64,  65. 

Sykes,  Miss  Harriette  L.,  marriage 
to  Dr.  Humphrey,  244. 

Talmage,  Rev.  T.  D.,  D.  D.,  91. 

Taylor,  Rev.  Dr.,  67. 

Taylor,  Mrs.  Emily  A.,  51. 

Taylor,  Deodat,  21. 

Taylor,  W.  H.,  26. 

Temple,  Dr.  John  T.,  27. 

Terry,  Prof.  Benjamin  S.,  130,  131, 
132,  141,  180. 

The  Chicago  Orchestra  (Thomas), 
(The  Chicago  Symphony),  67,  106, 
112,  115,  137,  159,  160,  162,  172, 
202,  204,  205. 

Third  Presbyterian  Church  (Chi- 
cago), 32,  36,  76,  109,  140,  156, 
216. 

Third  Presbyterian  Church  (Rich- 
mond, Va.),  157. 

Thomas,  B.  W.,  46. 

Thomas,  Prof.  M.  B.,  103.  105,  129. 

Thomas,  Theodore,  memorial  serv- 
ice, 137;  223. 

Thomas,  Mrs.  Theodore,  reads  paper 
at  Fort  Dearborn  Guild,  147. 

Thompson,  H.  M.,  52. 

Thompson,  Rev.  C.  L.,  D.  D.,  200, 
279. 

Thwing,  Rev.  C.  F.,  D.  D.,  255. 


Tiffany  Company,  N.  Y.,  90,  92,  96. 

Tomlins,  W.  L.,  75,  255,  256. 

Trinity  M.  E.  Church,  52,  53,  76,  85 
94,  115,  151,  164. 

Trowbridge,  Rev.  J.  H.  (Calvary 
Church),  installation,  49;  resig- 
nation and  death,  50;  58. 

Tuttle,  Rev.  Joseph  F.,  D.  D.,  241. 

Underwood,  Rev.  H.  G.,  161. 

Walker,  Mr.,  30,  36. 

Walker,  Rev.,  32. 

Walker  C-Father"),  Rev.  Jesse,  20, 
21,  22,  294. 

Watt,  Rev.  John  C,  D.  D.,  108. 

Wells,  E.  S.,    37,    38,    40,    115,    241, 

296 . 

Wells,  Raymond  C,  funeral,  163. 
Wells,  Bradford,  285,  299. 
Wells,  Miss  Marv  E.,  300. 
Wells,  Moses  D.^  funeral,  182. 
Wells,  Robert  M.,  163. 
Wentworth,  Hon.  John,  150,  233. 
Wherrv,  Rev.  E.  M.,  153. 
Wheelock,  O.  L-,  36. 
Whistler,  Captain  John,  IS. 
Whistler,  James  Mc.Xeill,  18. 
Whitehead,  Jesse,  funeral,  73. 
Whitehead,  Elisha  P.,  funeral,  151. 
Whitehead,  Mrs.  R.  M.,  funeral,  87. 
Whitman,  Rev.  Marcus,  97. 
Wight.  Rev.  J.  A.,  43. 
Will)or,    Philo   A.,   funeral,   83; 

297 . 
Wilcox.  Major.  20.  209. 
Willard,  Miss  (Temperance),  74. 
Willard,  Miss  Frances  L.,  233. 
Wilson,  H.  T.,  38. 
Wooley,  Miss  E.  K.,  128. 
Wood,  Rev.  Charles,  172. 
Wood,  Henrv,  46,  53,  55. 
Wilson.  Thomas  E.,  289. 
Withrow.  Rev.  J.  L..  D.  D., 
Worrall,  Rev.  J.  M.,  D.  D., 
World's  Fair  (1893),  92. 
Young,  Caryl,  127;  funeral,  155. 
Zante,  Archbishop  of,  92. 


296. 


255. 
72 


INDEX 


317 


THE  CHOIR-REGULAR  AND  ASSISTING  MEMBERS 

1871-1912 

The  names  of  those  who  have  occasionally  assisted  in  the  Christmas 
Easter  and  other  important  festivals  are  duly  noted  in  the  Choir  Journals! 
Sopranos  (regular) : 

Aiken,  Miss  Fannie,  85,  86,  87. 

Aikman,  Miss  Helen  E.,  103. 

Aldrich,    Mrs.    W.    H.    (Miss    Mae 
French),  60,  62,  05,  70,  72. 

Brewster,  Miss,  66. 

Buckbee,  Mrs.  John  C,  66,  75. 

Butler,  Miss  Esther,  66,  75,  82,  83, 
85. 

Crocker,  Miss,  66. 

Davis,  Miss  Carrie,  80. 

Gifford,  Miss  Electa,  first  service, 
87;  last  service,  102. 

Gurler,  Miss  L.  M.,  103. 

Haskell,  Miss  Jessica,  65. 

Schmahl,  Mrs.  John,  65. 

Thomas,  Mrs.  F.  A.,  65. 

Trimble,  Mrs.  Clara  G.  first  serv- 
ice, 103;  last  service,  202,  203 
205. 

Whitney,  Miss  Fanny  (Mrs.  E.  F 
Gorton),  66. 


Ella 
first 


Sopranos  (assisting) : 

Anderson,  Miss  Grace,  139. 
Boedisch,  Miss  Piralda,  163. 
Chamberlin,    Miss    Mabel   J.,    first 

service,   170;  last  service,  202. 
Delafontaine,  Mrs.  C,  151. 
Dudley,   Miss  Grace  E.,  first  serv- 
ice, 104;  last  service,  128. 
Farwell,  Mrs.  J.  A.,  62,  72,  89   93 
Fox,  Mrs.  O.  L.,  62.  '       " 

Haughey,  Mrs.  P.,  151. 
Henderson,  Miss  F.  H.,  82,  85. 
Jenks,    Miss   Jessica,   first  'service 

70;  last  service,  106;  163. 
Jones,  Miss  Martha,  180,  195. 
Kennicott,  Miss  Grace,  138. 
Ledward,  Mrs.  R.  C,  196. 
Leech,  Miss  Amy  (Mrs.  Northrup), 

first  service,  143;  last,  178. 
Lenox,  Mrs.  L.  R.,  193,  202. 
Randall,  Miss  LilHan  E.',  first  serv- 
ice, 87;  last  service,  104. 
Rice,    Miss    Claribelle,    first    serv- 
ice, 190;  last  service,  202. 
Sheffield,  Mrs.  A.  M.,  173. 
Sorensen,  Mrs.  F.  E.,  189,  190,  191. 
Stevenson,  Miss  Margaret,  183. 
Switzer,  Miss  Eleanor,   168,   179. 
Tewksbury,  Mrs,  L.  S.,  144,  168. 


Sopranos  {assisX.ir\g)~Continued 
Thomson,  Miss  M.  P.,  134. 
Wallace,  Miss  Kittie,  72 
Williams,  Mrs.  Clifford,  69 
Wilson,  Mrs.  Genevieve  C,  104. 

Altos  (regular): 

Bracken,  Mrs.  W.  S.,  first  service. 
135;  202,  203,  205. 

^"wt"'    ^'^-    J-     ^^     (Miss 
White),  65,  70. 

Dreier,     Mrs.    Christine    N 

service,  80;  last,  133,  134' 

Fisk,  Mrs.  Katharine,  86,    87    88 

French,  Miss  A.,  61,  62    65 

Hall,  Miss  Helen,  134.  ' 

Hawkes,  Miss,  60 

Johnson,  Mrs.  O.  K.,  60,  61,  65,  89, 

Maxon,    Mrs.    Sarah   S      131     134 
135,  139.  '  '    ^   ' 

Remmer,  Mrs.  Oscar,  100. 
Altos  (assisting) : 

Ames,  Miss  Germaine  H.    119   120 
Ames,  Mrs.  James  C,  first  service' 

15/;  last  service,  202    206 
Bagg,  Mrs.  F.  S.,  72. 
Balfour,  Mrs.  J.  A.,  62,  70 
Barrows,  Mrs.  Helen  G     188 
Bilton     Miss    Rose,    first    service, 

87;  last  service,  103. 
Blish,  Miss  Louise,  106,  134 
Ellicksen,  Miss  C,  172,  174,  176 
Giles,  Miss  Margaret,  183 
Hall,  Miss  Ethel,  191,  193 
Heimbeck,  Miss  Hazel,    179     189 
191.  '  ' 

Kempton,   Mrs.  J.  T.,  67,  68    70 
76.  '        ' 

Lee,    Miss    Lucinda   B.,    101,    102 
103 .  ' 

Levin,  Miss  Etta  C,  116,  120    122 
Libbe,  Mrs.  Francis  C,  i87    '     *"   ' 
Millar,  Miss  Anna,  94,  106. 
Phoenix,  Miss  May,  76. 
Rommeiss,  Miss  Pauline,  72 
Rommeiss,      Miss     Emma    '(Mrs 
Campbell),    138,    147,    149,    15o" 
151 .  ' 

Sabin,  Mrs.  A.  R.,  62. 
Summy,  Mrs.  C.  F.,  72, 


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INDEX 


Altos  {dLSSisting)— Continued: 
Sutherland,  Mrs.  lone^  176    179 
Thacker,  Mrs.  Annie  R.,  144,  168. 
UUmann,  Mrs.  F.,  66. 
Upton,  Mrs.  Geo.  P.,  66. 
Votaw,  Miss  L.,  193,  199,202. 
White,  Miss  M.  M.,  106. 

Tenors  (regular): 

Abercrombie,  Charles,  82. 
Coffin,  Frank  M.,  120.         ^ 
Duggan,  David  D.,  173,  1/6,  181. 
Gill,°James,  61,  63.  ,^-    ,     , 

Hall   Glenn,  first  service,  10  < ;  last 

126;  127,  132. 
Hickman,  Adair,  163. 
Hine,   Wm.  S.,  first  service,    101; 

last,  107. 
Kellogg,  Howard  D.,  168. 
Knorr,  Karl  W.,  123,  126,  127. 
Mendsen,  Thomas  M.,  133. 
Miller,  John  B.,  first  service,  120; 

181;  last,  202,  203,  205. 
Otis,    Philo    A.,    first   service,    60; 

last   79 . 
Rollo,' Alfred,  110. 
Root,  Frank  K.,  first  service,  83; 

last,  101;  105. 
Shaw,  Alfred  D.,  first  service,  127; 

last,  162. 
Sterrett,  R.  M.,  79,  80. 
Walker,  Edward  J.,  162,  103,  188. 

Tenors  (assisting): 

Barnes,  Dr.  Charles  T.,  72. 
Brewster,  Geo.  A.,  134. 
Chambers.  W.  H.,  199,  202. 
Clark,  Charles  H.,  77. 
Chppinger,  D.  A.,  83. 
Fish,  L.,  66. 
Griffith,  M.  B.,  187. 
Hamlin,  George,  93. 
Hancox,  A.  H.,  178. 

Hobbs,  G.  M.,  138,  139,  141. 

Howard,  R.  T.,  62,  72. 
Johnson,  Frank  T.,  147,  149,  153, 
156. 

Knorr,  Charles  A.,  76.  v 

Lagen,  Marc,  76. 

Mix,  H.  A.,  112,  144,  168. 

Munsen,  Edward,  191,  193,  202.^ 

Ogden,   C.    H.,   first   service,    157; 
last  service,  202 . 

Otis,    Philo    A.,    first    service,    82; 
last  service,  115;  196. 

Ross,  W.  B.,  196. 

Russell,  F.  S.,  143,  146. 

Sabin,  A.  R.,  62. 

Smith,  Charles  M.,  66,  70,  73. 


Tenors  (assisting) — Continued: 
Swift,  James,  108. 
Wessels,   F.  J.,   first  service,    104; 

last,  124. 
Williams,  Curtis,  176. 

Basses  (regular) : 

Allen,  E.  A.,  first  service,  88;  last 

service,  107. 
Beresford,  Arthur,  86,  87,  144. 
Beard,  William,  first  service,  106; 

last  service,  172. 
Cowles,  E.  C,  80,  81,  82,  83. 
De  Riemer,   Albert   E.,    129,    134, 

163,  197. 
Dykstra,  E.  J.,  160. 
Erickson,   Oscar  G.,   first  service, 

184;  last  service,  202,  203,  205. 
Evarts,  E.  S.,  00,  61. 
Goldsmith,  A.  L.,  61,  62,  72. 
Green,   Marion,   first  service,   132; 

last  service,  184. 
Greenleaf,  C.  H.,  83. 
Hubbard,  John    M.,  62;  first   serv- 
ice, 65;  last  service,  80;  89,  97. 
lott,  Geo.  H.,  85,  86. 
Legler,  E.  P.,  173,  174,  178. 
Murray,  James,  57. 
Preisch,  Frank  A.,  172,  173,  184. 
Root,  Charles  T.,  65. 
Williams,  Alfred,  first  service,  107; 

last  service,  129. 
Worthington,  J.  M.,  134,  141,  146. 

Basses  (assisting) : 

Atkinson,  Charles  T.,  first  service, 

96;  last  service,  202,  206. 
Atkinson,  F.  H.,  Jr.,  first  service, 

99;  last  service,  115. 
Bliss,  P.  P.  (precentor),  65. 
Borroff,  Albert,  163,  196,  197. 
Carleton,  W.  T.,  68,  78. 
Carpenter,  John  S.,  87;  death,  89. 
Clark,  Frank  King,  105. 
Eddy,  A.  D.,  85. 
Goodwillie,  Thomas  G.,  55. 
Holmes,  D.,  66. 
Holmquist,  Gustave  R.,  164. 
Lee,  Charles  S. ,  first  service,  72 ;  last 

101 ;  death  and  memorial  service, 

105;  305. 
Rose,  Norman  R.,  189,  191. 
Scott,  A.  T.,  99,  100,  110,  111,  113. 
Sloan,  H.  L.,  72. 
Smith,  Graham,  159,  160  . 
Sprague,  William,  62,  72,  76. 
Pearson,  Frank,  83,  88,  90,  91,  114. 
Plasman,  John  B.,  199,  202. 


INDEX 


319 


Basses  (assisting) — Continued: 

Merriam,  David,  202. 

Noble,  Charles,  66. 

Tufts,  Ben.  Q.,  178. 
Willett,  W.  A.,  127,  128. 
Lyric  Choral  Club: 

First  service,  136;  last  service,  162. 
Organists  (regular) : 

Bacon,  George  F.,  59;  death,  61. 

Cutler,  W.  H.,  63. 

Eddy,  Clarence,  66;  first  service, 
68;  last  service,  96;  102,  118, 
205,  218,  256. 

Fuller,  Henry,  61,  62. 

Havens,  C.  A.,  65,  66. 

Irwin,  Charles  D.,  14;  first  serv- 
ice, 71;  last  service,  101;  108, 
125,  130,  305. 

Liebling,  Emil,  63. 

Moore,  Francis  S.,  first  service, 
101;  202,  205,  297. 

Owen,  B.  B.,  63. 

Root,  F.  W.,  66. 
Organists  (assisting) : 

Dunham,  Arthur,  103. 

Dyer,  Mr.,  66. 

Eddy,  M.  H.,  173. 

Flagler,  I.  V.,  62. 

Haines,  Miss  Tina  M.,  117. 

Henderson,  L.  J.,  74. 

Hoyt,  Louis  P.,  79. 

Knopfel,  G.  C,  62. 

Laukart,  Miss  May  D.,  180. 

McCarrell,  A.  F.,  71,  78,  221. 

Middelschulte,  W.,  88,  151,  160. 

Moore,  S.  C,  66. 

Pratt,  Miss  Mary  P.,  172. 

West,  John  A.,  93. 

Wild,  H.  M.,  69 

Visiting    organists — (World's     Fair, 

1893): 

Carl,  William  C,  92. 

Guilmant,  Alexander,  92,  206. 

Whitney,  S.  B.,  92. 

Woodman,  R.  H.,  92. 
Violins: 

Bare,  Emil,  112. 

Dimond,  Harry,  91. 

Carpenter,  Miss  Marian,  109,  110. 

Kramer,  Leopold,  106. 

Krauss,    Alexander,    first    service, 
116;  last  service,  202,  203. 

Lutz,  Milton  G.,  123. 

Marx,  Leon,  115. 

Nurnberger,  Luther,  202. 

Remenyi,  Edouard,  90,  91. 

Rosenbecker,  A.,  87,  88,  91,  95. 


Violins — Continued: 
Sir,  Mr.,  62. 
Schmitt,  E.,  90. 
Schulze,  Walter,  128. 
Seidel,  Richard,  first  service,  165; 

last  service,  202. 
Spiering,  Theodore,  91. 
Stock,  Frederick  A.,  137,  140,  143, 

147,  152,  155,  159,  162. 
Zukowsky,  Alexander,  202. 
Violas : 

Dasch,  George,  first  service,   165; 

last  service,  202. 
Esser,    Franz,    first    service,    165; 

last  service,  202. 
Violoncellos: 

Bachman,  Mr.,  62. 

Brueckner,  Carl,  182. 

Herner,  Julius,  128. 

Hess,  Hans,  191,  192,  195,  199. 

Schoessling,    Paul,    142,    171,    172, 

179. 
Steindel,  Bruno,  first  service,  106; 

last  service,  202,  203. 

Double  basses: 

Beckel,  Joseph,  first  service,  133; 

last  service,  159. 
Jiskra,  V.,  first  service,   186;  last 

service,  202. 
Klemm,   Louis,  first  service,   137; 

last  service,  176. 
Parbs,    Hans,    first    service,    161; 

last  service,  202. 

Harp: 

Bichl,    Mrs.    E.    W.,    first   service, 

124;  last  service,  133. 
Chatterton,  Mme.  Josephine,  87. 
Dingley,  Miss  Blanche,  95. 
Lyon,  George  W.,  62. 
Timmons,  Miss  Lee,  96. 
Tramonti,     Enrico,     first    service, 

137;  last  service,  202,  203. 
Wunderle,  Mrs.  M.,  119. 

Flute: 

Bareither,  Mr.,  62. 
Leake,  Gen.  Joseph  B.,  60. 
Quensel,  Alfred,  first  service,  122; 

last  service,  202. 
Timmons,  E.  S.,  88,  91,  96. 
Weisenbach,  H.,  128. 

Oboe  and  English  horn: 

Barthel,  Alfred,  first  service,  151; 
last  service,  202. 

Cornet: 

Quinn,  John,  88,  300. 


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French  horn: 

de    Mare,    Leopold,    first    service, 

122;  last  service,  202. 
Fischer,  Joseph,  128. 
Pottag,  Max,  202. 

Kettle-drums: 

Zettelmann,  Joseph,  first  service, 
155;  last  service,  202,  203. 

Piano: 

Manierre,  Miss  Eva,  62,  63. 
Ledochowski,  N.,  62. 
Peterson,  Miss  Edna,  147. 
Seeboeck,  W.  C.  E..  90. 
Choirmaster,  Philo  Adams  Otis,  1900- 

1912. 
A  Chapter  on  Choirs: 
Adams,  J.  W.,  224,  225. 
Balatka,  Hans,  220,  224. 
Cleaver,  Edward  C,  14,  210. 
Corey,  N.  J.,  214. 
O'Neale,  Thomas  P.  (letter),  214. 
Peck,  A.  R..  208. 
Sieghng,  Henry  (letter),  214. 
Upton,  George,  P.,  223. 
Early  singers  in  Chicago: 

Bostwick,  Mrs.  Emma  G.,  222. 
Boyden,  Miss  Elizabeth,  222. 
Davis,  George,  222,  224. 
Downs,  Augustus  G.,  209,  225. 
Dunham,  Dr.  R.  N.,  210. 
Farrell  Miss  Lizzie,  223,  224. 
Fassett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  M.,  210, 

222,  224,  225. 
GoodwiUie,  Thomas^G.,  217,  224. 
Heinrichs,  Miss,  217. 
Jewett,  J.  T.,  222. 
Johnson,  Henry,  221. 
Larrabee,  C.  R.,  14,  215. 
Lumbard,  Frank,  224. 
Lumbard,  J.  G.,  222. 
Matteson,  Mrs.  "Cassie,"  221,  222. 
Miller,  Mrs.  Hattie  B.,  220. 
Rickey,  J.  R.,  225. 
Schultze,  Edward,  217,  224. 
Seaverns,  C.  H.,  221. 
Thomas,  Mrs.  F.  A.,  221,  223. 
Van  Wordragen,  Miss  Kate,  217. 
Warner,  S.  P.,  209. 
Composers: 

Danks,  H.  P.,  226. 
Gleason,  Frederic  G.,  71,  217. 
Greatorex,  Rev.  Edward,  213. 
Greatorex,    Henry    \V.,    212,    213, 

214,  217. 
Wilson,  Henry,  218. 
First  Presbyterian  Church: 

First  quartette  introduced,2 11,222. 


First  Presbyterian  Qhnr c\i-Continued 
Choir  leaders  prior  to   1857,  225, 

226. 
Choir  members  (1860-1871),  224. 
Choir  members  prior  to  1857  (sur- 
viving), 220. 
Other  members,  226,  227. 
Organists  prior  to  1871: 
Cawthorne,  Nicholas,  225. 
Dohn.   A.    W.,  81.   137,  219,  222, 

223 . 
Baird,  Frank  T..  217,  225. 
Bird,    Horace   G.,    103,    223,    224. 

225. 
Falk,  Dr.  Louis,  225. 
Oilman,  Dr.  J.  E.,  225. 
Early  organists  in  Chicago: 
Ansorge,  Charles,  219. 
Baumbach,  Adolph,  219. 
Buck,  Dudlev,  214,  216,  218. 
Chant,  H.  W.,  220. 
Conkey.  Miss  Nellie  (Mrs.  Crosby), 

226. 
Crouch.  Thomas.  220. 
Currie,  W.  H.,  37,  219. 
Havens.  Charles  A..  221. 
Hood.  D.  N.,  66.  221. 
Knopfel.  G.  C.  219,  220. 
Payne,  E.  A.,  222. 
Payne,  Theodore  S.,  222. 
Rein,  Emil,  221. 
TilUnghast,  Miss  Sarah,  219. 
Organs: 

Church  of  the  Epiphany.  217. 
First  Congregational,  216. 
First  Presbyterian,  218. 
First  Unitarian,  216. 
Fourth  Presbyterian.  216. 
New  England'Congregational.  218. 
Second  Presbyterian.  216. 
St.  James'  Episcopal.  217. 
St.  Mary's  Catholic.  216. 
St.  Paul's  Universahst.  216. 
Third  Presbyterian.  216  . 
Unity  Church.  218,  223. 
Wabash  Avenue  M.  E.,  216. 
Organ  builders: 

Andrews  &  Son.  14.  216. 
Erben,  Henry,  215. 
Farrand  &  Votey,  217. 
Hall  &  Labagh.  37,  216,  217,  218. 
Hook.  E.  &  G.  G..  218. 
Hook  &  Hastings,  61. 
Jardine  &  Son.  14.  216. 
Johnson,  W.  A.,  14.  216. 
Johnson   &  Son   (Emmons.    How- 
ard Organ  Co.),  216. 
Pilchers"  Sons,  Henry,  220. 


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